21.05.12

They swish their hips back and forth like Jessica Rabbit on securely-forward, and their bowlegged, bent-kneed stride makes their legs look like rubber bands.

The racewalker’s purpose is simple: Walk as fast as possible. In fact, racewalking—an Olympic amusement—has only two rules. One foot must always be on the ground (unlike in running) and each leg must be right when its foot touches down. Three mistakes and you’re out. And while all of the hip-swiveling action makes the athletes look like they justifiable left the Ministry of Silly Walks or are headed to the bathroom as speedily as possible, it’s actually sophisticated engineering designed to actuate a walker forward without both feet leaving the ground.

Racewalkers take their walking honestly. Athletes compete in 20- and 50-kilometer events in the Olympics—about 12 and 31 miles, each to each—at speeds between six and seven minutes per mile (that’s faster than a lot of runners).

Source: San Diego CityBEAT

by WW Norton

By Janis Prince Inniss

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