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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/6/2009 3:37:03 PM
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One place to start about Racewalking is Racewalking 101.
Speed or distance? I try for a combination. I walk fast almost as fast as I can (4.0-4.5MPH which is fast for most people), but I also try for a minimum of 3 miles four to fives days a week if I'm trying shed pounds and stay in shape. If I cut back the number of miles, I'll have to cut back on calorie intake or I'll gain.
Keep in mind that I only built up to my current speed and distance over time. It took me a full year to lose 25% of excess bodyweight and increase my endurance so that I could do 4-5 miles at one time.
Wow, thank you, Euty, that was very educational! I had figured out the fist thing because when I started walking, I knew I should have arm motion, but it was causing the blood to rush to my hands (ow).
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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/6/2009 3:46:48 PM
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Eutychus
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ORIGINAL: Eutychus
One place to start about Racewalking is Racewalking 101.
Speed or distance? I try for a combination. I walk fast almost as fast as I can (4.0-4.5MPH which is fast for most people), but I also try for a minimum of 3 miles four to fives days a week if I'm trying shed pounds and stay in shape. If I cut back the number of miles, I'll have to cut back on calorie intake or I'll gain.
Keep in mind that I only built up to my current speed and distance over time. It took me a full year to lose 25% of excess bodyweight and increase my endurance so that I could do 4-5 miles at one time.
Wow, thank you, Euty, that was very educational! I had figured out the fist thing because when I started walking, I knew I should have arm motion, but it was causing the blood to rush to my hands (ow).
That was one of the first things I noticed when I started using the arm techique - no more swollen hands. It also eliminated lower back pain I used to get around 3 miles. And it definitely helped me increase my speed.
It took a long time to get all the different techniques working together (and I don't always get most of them right) but I've been using the arm thing since first reading about racewalking and it makes a big difference. It may look odd to others but, then, I'm not walking for them.
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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/10/2009 4:22:10 PM
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Eutychus
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I had an interesting experience yesterday at the gym. There was a woman jogging on the treadmill next to me at 4.5 MPH, while I was racewalking at 4.5 MPH.
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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/10/2009 5:15:52 PM
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Miss Giggles
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I hate when that happens. I have run so slow on treadmills it isn't funny!
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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/17/2009 10:04:27 AM
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Eutychus
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I've accumulated 536 miles walked thus far this year. It should have been much higher, but it's not too bad.
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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/17/2009 3:30:36 PM
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Thats cool. I haven't kept complete track because sometimes I use the treadmill, sometimes I used my garmin outside and I had a cell phone with a GPS. Maybe next year I'll keep one continuous log.
Some seniors were walking at a school today at 5:30 am and saved the building because there was a fire. So there is some benefit from exercising that early. LOL
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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/17/2009 5:15:17 PM
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To me, piped in music, is little different than having to listen to the people who drive around with windows down and their music cranked to the max.
It's their choice of music, not mine. No matter who does the choosing, it's only going to suit certain people.
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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/17/2009 5:23:13 PM
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That is true, you can't please everyone. Bally's had awful piped in music.. either some kind of rock which was almost metal or awful 80s kind of music.. but none had a rhythm.
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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/19/2009 4:14:03 PM
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I could take awful 80s music over techno-dance beats any day lol. I went to the Fitness Center last night and walked about 2 miles. I'm so glad I brought my hubby's Ipod because there was a lady on the elliptical machine next to my treadmill that was talking gossiping on her cell phone about all of her family members THE ENTIRE TIME I was walking. I just turned up the Ipod and her voice magically vanished lol!
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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/19/2009 4:30:19 PM
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I'm amazed that some people can't be unplugged from a cell phone even to exercise...
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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/19/2009 4:56:47 PM
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there was one really talented girl that was able to run while talking on her cell phone.
wait til you go in the bathroom and the person next to you continues to talk the whole time.
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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/19/2009 7:52:44 PM
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I really dislike cell phones, in general, or should I say the lack of courtesy people extend to their surroundings while using cell phones, but I guess that's for another thread.
I do especially dislike people talking on their cell phones while working out; it's like they think they are invisible and on mute because they are conversing with someone they can't see. If I have to use my cell phone in public, I am always very careful what I say out loud.
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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/19/2009 8:01:17 PM
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they are never interesting or important conversations either.
I have been on call before but I always took the call as soon as I could get to a private area.
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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/20/2009 6:08:49 PM
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The other day I did a few miles.
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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/23/2009 9:27:37 AM
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Eutychus
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I walked 25 miles last week, all indoors. That makes 556 miles so far this year.
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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/23/2009 9:35:14 AM
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Eutychus, you've inspired me. After walking 2-3 miles last week, I was thinking that it really motivated me to come here and say, "I walked x miles today".
I'm making a New Year's resolution to log my miles and plot it on a map. I think that will help me stay motivated.
I'm back to the fitness room tonight and I'm going to see how many miles I walk in my own shoes lol.
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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/23/2009 11:32:46 AM
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There is a really nice workout log at runningahead.com. It's free.
It says running but you can add in multiple workouts. I've been using it off and on for a few years. It automatically adds up the miles if you enter them.
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RE: The Walking Thread - 11/24/2009 5:47:20 PM
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Did a few miles today
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I'm making a New Year's resolution to log my miles and plot it on a map. I think that will help me stay motivated.
Something that helps me is to have a race that I'm traning for, and than make a countdown calender for it.
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