From page 68 of the July 1980 issue of Track Field News...
"As one noted scholar once said, "Race walking is like the art of trying to
whisper the loudest."
Marty Post
Senior Editor
Runner's World Magazine
www.runnersworld.com
I agreewalking IS like trying to whisper loudly
As [EMAIL PROTECTED] said
Whats the point???
Surely all the swimming strokes bar the freestyle fall into the same
category..breaststroke or swimming backwards just isnt the quickest way to
get from A to B.
Like wise whats the point of
Dear Friends,
I may as well start by citing the posting which comes closest
to identifying the original source (although we apparently still
have a bit to go).
It is the very essence of sport to create artificial impediments
and then conduct competitions subject to those impediments.
Trivia time.
Go easy on the walkers. Not the fastest moving sport in the world, but they
are moving forwards. I can think of three sports (incl. 2 Olympic sports)
where the winners go backwards.
Eamonn Condon
WWW.RunnersGoal.com
Trivia time.
Go easy on the walkers. Not the fastest moving sport in the world, but they
are moving forwards. I can think of three sports (incl. 2 Olympic sports)
where the winners go backwards.
High jumpers, rowers, curlers, figure skaters. There must be more.
Kurt Bray
TED]
To: Post, Marty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: 't-and-f@darkwing. uoregon. edu' (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: t-and-f: walking and whispering
Dear Friends,
I may as well start by citing the posting which comes closest
to identifying
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-Original Message-
From: Eamonn Condon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 27 September 2000 6:43
To: Track Field
Subject: Re: t-and-f: walking and whispering
Trivia time.
Go easy on the walkers. Not the fastest moving sport in the world, but they
are moving forwards. I can
