Yes.....it works! Went from a 15:24 5K PR to a 15:11 PR by throwing in a 10 second walk break at the 1 mile and 2 mile marks. Basically if you do it this way you end up running 3 1-mile repeats. Cant't wait to use it in a 10K.
Yes.....it works! Went from a 15:24 5K PR to a 15:11 PR by throwing in a 10 second walk break at the 1 mile and 2 mile marks. Basically if you do it this way you end up running 3 1-mile repeats. Cant't wait to use it in a 10K.
interesting...
first off, i'm sure this post is bogus, but...
just think, you could have run under 15 w/o the 20 seconds of walking breaks.
OK, so train this way, eliminate the walking breaks in your next 5k and you'll set a better pr.
Not only that but you lose time while accelerating from
walking back up to race speed. This is the most dumbass,
quackery to come down the pipeline.
Don't knock it until you try it. It works for me too, PR.
I gallow walk once at the half way mark of each crosscountry race for 20 seconds and am gaining 10 seconds per mile.
Good training will probably result in even greater PRs.
O.K so 2 out of 100,000 runners gain time gallowalking.
Any other confessions (pace has to be sub six min. per mile)
Go run a long run, get some freakin endurance so you don't have to walk.
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i am now dumber for ever visiting that website. Who the hell walks marathons...their whole purpose is to be raced, that is the way its been since day one. Gallowalking is for pussies who dont want to train their balls off and get faster the old fashioned way. Gallowalking is a disgrace to competitive running. Thats all I have to say for now.
There should never be a time when you should walk during a 5K unless you are seriously injured. The way you "rest" during a 5K is to step it back a bit when you start to feel overly taxed (in between surges), but then as soon as you can, put the hammer down.
I saw this post yesterday and thought I would try it this morning for kicks on my 21 mile long run. Bsically I stopped every 3 miles and walked for 30 seconds, briskly. The result was that I completed the course 2 minutes faster than I had ever run it and I felt refreshed!
...it was for the purpose of pitching a loaf in the woods off the trail. Stay away from the Wheaties!!
Wow!!! It really does work. I tried Galloway's method during sex and I finished faster than ever. Wait, that is a bad thing.
The closest anyone should come to Gallow-walking is during a long race, a marathon or half-mary, when they slow down at water stops in order to drink their concoctions without gagging and spewing them back up. It's sort of a mini-Galloway slow jog. You might lose 2-3 seconds per stop at five stops but it doesn't break up your rhythm and you get properly hydrated, no cramps, etc. The Kenyans do take their waterstops this way, which gives them a very slight rest effect along with the proper hydration, and it does appear to help their overall performance.
Any longer in-race stoppages for the purpose of resting in an authentic race situation is baseless except for an untrained athlete. No one should do this in a 5K if their goal is to PR. If someone improves from 15:24 to 15:11 in a 5K with Gallow-walking breaks, they must have some latent talent. This person should be able to run 14:40 or better without those rest breaks, and they have failed to reach their potential (to date). Otherwise you're suggesting Paula can 2:14 with Gallow-walking breaks. That's just pure baloney. Radcliffe has trained with the dedication to allow herself to utilize 100% of her maximum available effort and reserves. A runner who drops from 15:24 to 15:11 with Gallow-walking breaks has not yet been trained properly to utilize their maximum effort (this is not an attack, just an observation). That is the difference between you two, not the Gallow-walking breaks.
Why hasn't PR responded? Without the response I have to doubt it. My contention is that walking will work for those unable to do 6 min/mile. There has to be a cutting off point where walking just hurts. In my mind a 15:11 5K is beyond that point, in many states that time could win a majority of local 5K road races and take state for a highschool cross-country runner. Even Galloway himself, whose 10K times put him with elite Americans, wouldn't advise high school coaches to tell there runners to walk more for a better time. Anyway, I apologize for putting this at the top of the threads with this beaten bush topic.
I have to admit that I accidentally Gallowalked in a race and pr'd. It was in a 1/2 marathon and we were allowed to put our own water bottles on an "elite table" at different points during the race. I went to grab mine at nine miles, and the stupid thing slipped out of my hand and rolled under the table and up against the gutter. I had to slow to a stop, go under the table, grab the bottle, climb back out from under the table, get going again and drink. It was definitely longer than 10 seconds. I pr'd in the race in 1:09ish, not that it is any way attributable to Gallowalking. Just thought it was funny that I walked and pr'd.