Who can whisper the loudest? MJR or Wejo

who would possibly care who could whisper the loudest? that's not a contest. why wouldn't you just yell?

just yell.yer freakin right.

Please, tell me you guys aren't missing the point...

yelling is to whispering as running is to walking

funny.....

This reponse from Rojo brings up an interesting thing in my mind - do identical twins raised in the same environment ever have a huge difference of opinion? And not when the goal is the same - for example, both might want to be the first to eat the cake - there might be a disagreement there, but the want is the same. Do idential twins ever WANT very different things?

On the question of the racewalking I'm going to take the stance that I have before with the Gallowalking (except that this time it is an even stronger stance) - WHY DO YOU RUNNERS EVEN CARE?

Racewalking is such a different sport from anything in track and field that no one even thinks of it. Go ask someone off the street to name 10 track and field events - if they can even do it, there is no freakin' way that one of those is a racewalking event.

No association with track and field = no harm to track and field.

You Rojo and you Wejo should be as indifferent on this subject as I am on the nuances which separate jam from marmalade.

Flagpole, sometimes your lack of vision into the possibilities of what could happen based on current circumstances surprises me sometimes.

Yes, I agree that there is not a strong correlation with walking and T&F. BUT, walking IS a joke, right? And, it DOES fall under the domain of T&F, correct? So, would it be safe to say that as more people gain interest in T&F that they will eventually learn that walking (a joke) is a T&F event? Although I am sure you will quickly point out that this does not meet your definition of a level of significance, but when people learn that a joke of an event is a T&F event, does this a benefit or detriment to T&F?

Also, can't you see that with Galloway's legions learning the joys of walking that soon walking will surpass running in popularity and in perception of quality of exercise?! (Kind of kidding).

Lastly, is it your contention that because someone writes in what they think on an issue that they REALLY REALLY care about said issue? I think you can have an opinion and even post it, but could care less about the topic to the degree that the only time you do care is when you're tying to explain your point to another poster.

For some reason I wonder if robert reall posted this post. He never posts on here, but I'll ask him.

Good call, Wejo. The "rojo" post lacked excessive grammar errors :-D

Or maybe it is him and he's just been hanging out with the English department. Let us know what you find out.

Galloway's Biggest Fan,

Ok. Good point on the level of care given to a post. I'll consider that for future reference.

I will still maintain though that no one will ever care about the racewalking. It is a joke for sure yes, but casual walkers aren't about to racewalk anymore than they are to start running 10 miles a day. In fact, I would say most would run before doing that racewalking stuff any day - it is more natural.

I've known about racewalking since my very early days of running (about age 8) and I never even remotely linked it up with track and field - just kind of an oddity that gets airplay when the Olympics come around. As such, I don't ever see that anyone will ever find racewalking a detriment to track and field. The ones who find it the biggest joke are those who are serious runners, and they are not in danger of having racewalking bring down track and field.

Of course I will also denounce your pronouncement of my lack of vision. My vision is clear - both near and far.

Good points on the oddity of it, unlikelihood of it gaining momentum, and the lack of danger that it poses for T&F. I'll even recant somewhat on my lack of vision indictment.

However, if we both see it as an "oddity" or "joke", then why defend it as being worthy of Olympic status. Obviously, there are other "sports" that I don't believe should be in the Olympics, but this one falls under T&F - why I'll spend the minutes on these posts.

I could jump-rope back in the day pretty dang good. It's a skill requiring agility, coordination, and endurance. I would just as soon have jumping-rope (where participants see who can get to 2000 consecutive jumps the fastest) before I'd have walking... not that I am advocating jumping-rope for the Olympics... but you see what I am saying.

Galloway's Biggest Fan,

Truth be known, I'm a traditionalist for what should be in the Olympics. Go back to the Ancient Games and take forward what was contested then and I'm all for it - track and field (not racewalking) greco-roman wrestling, archery, and perhaps a few others.

Curling is silly, racewalking is silly, biathlon (skiing and shooting) is silly, luge is silly. But, I must admit that I get a kick out of watching luge and curling every 4 years. And, I'd watch racewalking over NASCAR any day even if it is a joke.

All I know is that I don't want to live in a world where everything is serious and has a point.