this is what I got against racewalking

Wow, you are horrible!! You do not have any respect at all. And anyone sharing your opinion also has little respect for someone who has natural talent to compete as an elite athlete, no matter their size.

Do you have any problem with the other racewalkers? Did you know that two of the female competitors were over 40 years of age? They finished first and second! See any runners competing at the Indoor championships who were over 40?

And how is Forgues any different than anyone else out there? There was a standard to meet in order to compete at the Indoor Championships, and she met that standard.

The point is that racewalking does not have a place in the sport of track and field. every other event, on the track or field is a competition to see how fast you can go or how far you can throw, or jump. racewalking is a competition to see how fast you can walk... yes, im sure it takes a whole lot of hard work and dedication to succeed, but it does not fit into the category. it should be its own sport

Yes, I am a douche....I am the stream of water onto your mind in order to cleanse it of all disrespectful thoughts.

Until the IAAF, our governing body, says different, racewalking is a part of track and field.

This has already been discussed numerous times on other postings. It's getting old.

If you're getting bored defending yourself, just let it go. Nothing anyone says here has any relevance to the rest of life.

Let's face it - runners who have no respect for race walkers are losers.

And why are individuals like "Ihate" losers? Because real runners respect the coordination, dedication and the athletic speed and endurance that it takes to be a national class race walker like Lauren.

And it certainly is harder than running - I'm a runner that knows.

racewalk wrote:

Wow, you are horrible!! You do not have any respect at all. And anyone sharing your opinion also has little respect for someone who has natural talent to compete as an elite athlete, no matter their size.

Do you have any problem with the other racewalkers? Did you know that two of the female competitors were over 40 years of age? They finished first and second! See any runners competing at the Indoor championships who were over 40?

And how is Forgues any different than anyone else out there? There was a standard to meet in order to compete at the Indoor Championships, and she met that standard.

haha, has anyone clicked on this guy's email adress, it's CC_walker.....

why would anyone be proud of that?

that suprises more than if i would have seen

or

Or, he's a legit troll. in that case, props

The whole concept of letsrun.com is a complete joke. Who wants to to hear the opinions of middle aged 5k recreational road runners which probably can't hit the times of these walkers. You know what, you wasted to much time talking about people on web blogs and surfing the internet than running, and thats why you will never be elite or good at your event. Go run three times a week and run your slow road race on the weekend and keep off the computer. And continue making fun of people and walkers, BECAUSE NO ONE EXPECTS ANYTHING FROM YOU. Your jealous that you never make anything of yourself and you should just go run or walk instead trying to make yourslef feel good about your pathetic road races and no one could give a crap about you.

Why are all racewalkers such sensitive little bitches?

why are all runners on this website immature?-- From a runner. You all need lives! Keep looking up everyone elses times and reading all the track news, im sure it will MAKE YOU faster in the long run...haha pathetic people

hey dmb,

women prefer harder so it does equate to better!

But it sounds like your chief occupation is watching a guy's buttcheeks, so it obvious that you are a d(u)mb simpleton that only sees a wiggling ass rather than outstanding athleticism.

Dirk Diggler wrote:

Why are all racewalkers such sensitive little bitches?

How is it a threat to certain runners in the USA that people want to take part in racewalking?

Some of you must have sorry lives that you have to keep coming back on here and dump on those who take part in an internationally recognized sport, regardless of it's lack of appeal in the US.

racewalk wrote:

Wow, you are horrible!! You do not have any respect at all. And anyone sharing your opinion also has little respect for someone who has natural talent to compete as an elite athlete, no matter their size.

Do you have any problem with the other racewalkers? Did you know that two of the female competitors were over 40 years of age? They finished first and second! See any runners competing at the Indoor championships who were over 40?

And how is Forgues any different than anyone else out there? There was a standard to meet in order to compete at the Indoor Championships, and she met that standard.

that just proves that race walking is not a legit event. if people who are 40 years old, and past their prime, are winning, then how can you respect the athletes?

you may want to look at the women's 800...

Hey Disconcerted,

You know what is really disconcerting? That there are so many runners who are not smart enough to further their Olympic Dreams by trying to race walk. Instead they fight for scraps with African runners who go around and pick up all the chump change prize money at local road races.

At least there are some smart runners, like the All American 5,000m runner from Rio Grande University (Matt Boyles) who further his Olympic Dream by picking up $13,000 in prize money during the month of February by finishing second in the 2008 Olympic Trials in the 50k Race Walk. Then followed that up by winning the USATF Indoor Nationals in the 5,000m walk.

So don't like the walk - hell I don't care. But there are some smart runners out there who know that the walk is simply a technique event that every one should try.

I dont mean to say anything about racewalkers. I know they work hard at what they do, and for that I respect them. And I do think a lot of people on the board are being disrepectful

But my issue with racewalking is how unnatural it is. The way that we actually we in daily life is obviously very natural, and not painful. I feel like racewalking forces someone to competely distort something natural into something painful and awkward just for the sake of creating a competition. Is the human body meant to move like that?

Running, on the other hand, comes very naturally, and when you look at any great runner they run beautifully and seemingly effortlessly. It may eventually cause pain when you push your body to its max, but running on its own is something we do naturally, and is not forced upon us for competition.

racewalk wrote:

Do you have any problem with the other racewalkers? Did you know that two of the female competitors were over 40 years of age? They finished first and second! See any runners competing at the Indoor championships who were over 40?

you may want to look at the women's 800...

The whole concept of letsrun.com is a complete joke. Who wants to to hear the opinions of middle aged 5k recreational road runners which probably can't hit the times of these walkers. You know what, you wasted to much time talking about people on web blogs and surfing the internet than running, and thats why you will never be elite or good at your event. Go run three times a week and run your slow road race on the weekend and keep off the computer. And continue making fun of people and walkers, BECAUSE NO ONE EXPECTS ANYTHING FROM YOU. Your jealous that you never make anything of yourself and you should just go run or walk instead trying to make yourslef feel good about your pathetic road races and no one could give a crap about you.

You're on tis website too. What does that make you exactly?

A post by an idiot stated:

"The point is that racewalking does not have a place in the sport of track and field. every other event, on the track or field is a competition to see how fast you can go or how far you can throw, or jump. racewalking is a competition to see how fast you can walk... yes, im sure it takes a whole lot of hard work and dedication to succeed, but it does not fit into the category. it should be its own sport"

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Here is my response to this:

You are clearly an idiot because if you wanted to make a valid arguement (which it clearly is not), you would have realized that you stated:"...track or field is a competition to see how fast you can go..."

and then later stated the fact: "racewalking is a competition to see how fast you can walk..."

Walking would be considered a method of "going." Riding, skipping, cart-wheeling, tumbling, jumping, running, leaping, pedaling... they are all forms of "going" just as walking is a form of going.

Also, to further prove your idiocity, i would like to point out that in the 2006 Nike Outdoor National Championships in Greensboro, NC, an event listed on the schedual was a wheelchair race. If you do not wish to consider race walking a part of track and field, then what about wheelchair races?

Following this slippery slope pattern, are you also going to discriminate against the steeple chase? It is not souly running. Steeple chase was created to offer simulated cross country on a track. Cross country is by no means an event in track and field. Although in track and field, long distance running is a major divison, cross country is not. The IAAF regards cross country speparate from track and field.

And why stop at steeple chase? Lets move onto hurdles. Similar to race walking, hurling also demands a great deal of skill and accuracy. Is it the skill and accuracy of the event in which you have a problem? If this is where the problem lies, then one such as yourself would not consider hurdling to be an event in track and field.

Running does not demand skill or accuracy. Sure... skill and accuracy will provide for a more efficient form. However, running is a natural instinct. It is a way to survive. If you are considering running events to be the only track events in track and field, and if running events do not require skill or accuracy, then why would such demands be made in the field aspect of track and field?

All field events require skill and accuracy, whether it is the shot put, discus, hammer, javelin, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, or high jump. If it is said that all field events require skill and accuracy, and race walking does not require accuracy, and you are stating that race walking should not be an event in the sport of track and field, then therefore all field events in the sport of track and field would not be considered events.

Such premises would yield the conclusion that you beleive that the only event in the entire sport of track and field are those run on the track.

Learn how to argue.

(Thank you Professor Manning.)