Contact us! The Discussion Forum leader is Duane Staley. If you have feedback about the website or something in mind you think we should add to it, contact Gary Davis.
Dave's World Class Racewalking is the website of Dave McGovern, a racewalking coach and former member of the U.S. Olympic Racewalk Team. This site has information about Dave's upcoming clinics and camps, his books, information about training and a photo gallery.
Here is Dave's very 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 either shoes made specifically for racewalking, of which there are very few, or 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".
This is 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.
Here's a good introductory article about racewalking by Judy Heller on the Active.com website.
Racewalk.com is a site full of racewalking information, race results, photos, books and products for sale and links to other sites.
The North American Racewalking Foundation's website has some very interesting content, such as a video of a world-class racewalker moving at a 6-minute-mile pace and a moving cartoon stick figure that illustrates the mechanics of racewalking. Also lots of training information, a store with books and videos and links to other sites.
Here's a comprehensive Introduction to Racewalking that includes the rules and history of the sport and, on another page, some specific instructions on achieving good racewalking form.
Here's a page from the website of the Wellington Walkers, an Australian racewalking club, with lots of useful and interesting information about racewalking compared to running and power-walking, the aerobic benefits of racewalking, how to learn good technique and so on.
The Race Walking Record is a racewalking magazine published in Britain.
The South Texas Walking Club is something we would love to see a lot more of someday: 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. (Requires free registration.) 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.
If you would like to have an austinracewalkers.com T-shirt with our racewalking dillo logo, contact Lucy Atkin and she will give you the information you'll need to get one.
Most of these sites have 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.
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.
Some great racewalking form is shown here in
this
video,
"Russians Finish 1-2 in Women's Racewalk".
The New
York City racewalking club is Park Racewalkers
USA.
They have posted racewalking videos, along with
photos, here.
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.