On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:11:37 EST, you wrote:
>Wow! This is going to make staging major meets a lot easier. No need to lay out and
>staff a complicated route outside the stadium. And it won't take long to decide,
>either.
>
>They can start at the 100m starting line, and 90% of the field will be DQed by the
>20m mark. The winner will cross the line maybe 20 seconds later.
>
>gh
>
>ps--this not meant as a slam at walking; even the most perfect technician is going to
>break contact frequently without actually "running."
then racewalkers throughout the world will have to adjust their technique to allow
a margin of error so that an inadvertent loss of contact happens rarely
instead of frequently.
So be it.
Perhaps the world records should be 'sunsetted' and start with a clean slate.
RT
