If you have feedback about this website or something in mind you think we should add to it, contact Gary Davis.
To find out more about how The Trail Foundation is working with the City of Austin to continually provide improvements to the Trail and what you can do to help, explore their website. You can join for as little as $45 for an individual membership.
ESPN.com writer Jim Caple wrote this column on July 6, 2008: “Lack of Respect? Racewalking Relegated to the Parking Lot”, about the men’s 20km racewalk event at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, OR. A positive article about how our sport does not get the respect it deserves.
Here is Dave's detailed discussion of "proper" racewalking technique.
Racewalking shoes can be hard to find because regular running shoes won't work -- the heels are too thick and they are too inflexible. We need light and flexible racing flats, made for competitive runners. This shoe review page on Dave's website has shoe photos and user reviews of some of the shoes racewalkers are using.
The Waterloo Track and Field Club in Austin sponsors local events and promotes track and field events as a "sport for life".
Here is a link to the Texas Racewalking Yahoo Group. You can register for it and exchange questions and information with other Texas racewalkers.
The USA Track and Field South Texas Association website has information about upcoming events, lots of links and more, including information and links related to Texas racewalking.
The Wikipedia entry for “Racewalking” provides an excellent introduction to the sport.
Racewalk.com is a site full of racewalking information, race results, photos, books and products for sale and links to other sites.
eRaceWalk.com has some very interesting content, such as a video of a world-class racewalker moving at a 6-minute-mile pace, a moving cartoon stick figure that illustrates the mechanics of racewalking and some animated video of racewalkers that you can slow down and stop in order to study their technique. Lots of training information, a store with books and videos and links to other sites.
The South Texas Walking Club is a big racewalking club where lots of kids at elementary and middle school age are learning to racewalk and training for races under the tutelage of Coach A. C. Jaime.
Here is an article in the November 20, 2007 edition of the New York Times "Science Times" section. It's about a research study of 500 older people for over a decade that found that those who walked more quickly were less likely to die over the course of the study.
If you use orthotics in your racewalking shoes, you may find that a hard plastic orthotic, good for running, is too inflexible for racewalking. Podiatrist Dr. Michael Valenza of the Austin Foot Center can make you a pair of flexible orthotics that are better suited for racewalking.
Many of the sites mentioned here include more links to other racewalking-related sites. If you have a racewalking site in mind that you think should be included here, please let us know.
Racewalking Videos
If you would like to see some accomplished racewalkers in
action, take a look at these videos.
Excellent
study video! Here,
from eRaceWalk.com, is
some excellent slow motion animated
video of racewalkers that
you can stop, slow down or speed up in order to study
their technique in detail.
15-year old elite racewalker Trevor Barron
shows how it’s done.
Jefferson
Perez of Ecuador wins his 3rd consecutive
gold medal in
the men's 20km walk at the 2007 IAAF Athletics World
Championships in Osaka, Japan.
Wonderful racewalking form from Russian great Olga
Kaniskina in this
video,
"Russians Finish 1-2 in Women's Racewalk".
This ten-minute Racewalk Planet Video
shows
differences in racewalking techniques.
Or, go to YouTube, put
the term "racewalking" into the search box and see what
you come up with.
If you have seen a racewalking video on YouTube or
elsewhere that you think we should link to,
please let us
know.