Learn to Race Walk in Under 15 Minutes

[@billyoungberg3207]

Very well put together video with clear explanations. I am over 72 now but was a competitive racewalker from 1985 to 2010 winning many awards. My 5k times were close to 28 to 29 minutes and my fastest half marathon was 2 hours and 10 minutes. I did a one mile race in 8 and a half minutes. Racewalking is a tough discipline and much harder than running but much less of an impact on your body. Thanks again for a great video.

[@ChuckGarcia-p1j]

I am going to get into this! Someone watching this like me is going to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

[@Racewalk]

Sounds good to me

[@longlostlimit]

YESSSIR! Lets get it! Ima see you there

[@aishatinawest9888]

Me, too! See you in LA!

[@DrRygface]

I'm 39 years old and just now learned about race walking from the Paris Olympics. I'm soooo interested in this!!! And it's now my FAVORITE Olympic sport!!! I live in Nashville, TN and want to find a group to learn from.

[@aishatinawest9888]

@@DrRygface 44 and same! And if we start now, we can probably at least qualify.

[@GrantIngram-pw9ue]

This channel has helped me so much, I can't say enough! I thought racewalking would be easy and I could quickly become competitive. I tried to mimic the things that I thought I saw elite walkers doing and to amass the kind of "elite" technical information that would allow me to walk fast and fluidly just like all the people in the videos. For example, I very early on latched onto something I read that said to land on the outside of the heel and roll along the outside of the foot. I did this to extremes for months and then could not figure out how people were also able to push off through their big toe. So, I basically cobbled together a bunch of temporary and divergent ideas I thought were critical at the time and got wildly off course. The step by step videos in this channel have quite quickly gotten me to a point where I think I am finally beginning to racewalk properly - after 2 1/2 years of floundering about and sometimes injuring myself. LOL! So, thank you very much!!!

[@Racewalk]

You are quite welcome. Thanks for the kind words. Hopefully, much more to come soon!

[@weedermann]

Then you enter a sanctioned judged race--and LET THE FUN BEGIN. Your technique had BETTER BE solid or those judges will be laser-focused on your knees while fingering their infraction paddles.

[@minoei4384]

Thank you so much for your great video's. I'm a injured runner and started my 1st race walk today. Hope I can continue without pain and injuries.

[@Evry1LuvsJennieO]

I'm an interval runner and messed up my knee about 2 weeks ago and can't run for a few weeks which interrupted my marathon training. So I have to learn to speed walk

[@Racewalk]

Sorry for the slow reply. Best of luck

[@MohsinSiddiq-oz9xd]

Good video I'm walking for almost.25 years now I start race walking it's great sports in one year I improve my time I can walk.5 km with less 8 min per km my age is 59years

[@Racewalk]

Thanks for the compliment. Keep up the good work!

[@surinderpalsingh6725]

Thank you for making this video. Am overweight with knee problem & your video guided & motivated into fat burning movement without hurting my knees.

[@Racewalk]

Glad it could help you. Best of luck

[@H41l3YDTI]

I know I’m very late to this but this helped so much as I was trying to improve on the walk❤😊

[@Racewalk]

Glad it helped!

[@saltyjo7514]

I am a better walker than a runner. I wonder if i can train myself to walk a marathon under 4 hrs. That would beat most people i know running a marathon

[@Racewalk]

Yes. Top walkers are way under 4 hours

[@michelleanders8544]

@saltyjo7514 Did you walk a marathon yet? What was your half marathon time?

[@primrosekisaakye1135]

I do half marathon under 4hours! I now want to train for full marathon

[@bab1374]

In many marathon races , I always saw a gentleman race walk and he finished under 4:30 every single race!

[@MeowMeow-he2yk]

I am here bcs i was assigned in walk a thon even tho i have no exp. I only have 1 week to train and my opponents have probably trained a lot...

[@andrerouth4253]

Thanks for this excellent analysis. This video emphasizes the key biomech points in an easy to grasp manner so important to any race walker.

[@Racewalk]

Glad you liked it

[@JakeSimmons-r2u]

I watched so many “Olympians” trying to explain it and they are not even close to this video! Thanks so much!

[@Racewalk]

See my other comment

[@KristianDaveCuevas]

Now i know why i walk slow it's because of my hip rotation thank you!!

[@lorenacastillo9414]

Subscribing because I am new to this sport and in help of any step by step tips that will help me along the course.

[@Racewalk]

There is a ton of videos here that should help you

[@AuralayKristine]

So I was at a 5k last Saturday and I've been trying to run a bit, but I have a terrible left knee and it hurt too badly this time for any running. I started doing a weird half-run/walk thing and just found out it was kind of a form of race walking! Now I want to learn to actually do it correctly so I can make better times on my 5ks without damaging my knee (lower impact). Thanks for this video!!!

[@Racewalk]

Glad this helps!

[@thomaswebster7438]

Most excellent. You have created a very nice, much needed resource here in a single video, and one that I will refer to often. There just isn't enough material out there for those of us wanting to learn how to race walk, especially without the services of a coach. In my newby opinion the most challenging aspect has to do with the hip dynamics. I don't mean the rotation - that part I get. Rather, I wonder most about whether the mechanics of the rise, drop and outward shift of the hips illustrated so nicely in your video just occurs naturally with each stride (perhaps as a consequence of having the leg straightened on footfall?) or is it something that can only be achieved by kinesthetic awareness throughout the stride. Thanks so much for putting out this video (and many others) that are so informative in what is otherwise a racewalking desert.

[@Racewalk]

Glad this helped. The hips are indeed a challenge. The key is to focus forward and reduce the excessive motion everywhere else. Some motion occurs of course in all directions, but it shouldn't be exaggerated other than in the forward direction.

[@kacperdrobik]

Awesome video! Racewalking is the greatest sport ever. Keep walking 🚶🏼‍♂️👌

[@Racewalk]

It really is!

[@cameronnocton1858]

Thank you for putting out this video, as I am a new racewalker eager to make it to nationals in the NAIA, and to do so, I need to learn form as much as possible. I am glad I went down this youtube rabbit hole to find this channel!

[@Racewalk]

Hoping to highlight you in a video as you improve. Best of luck. Reach out if you need help [e-mail]

[@nguyenthanhngung-sachnoi9639]

Can you teach online to me, I love racewalking too much.

[@Racewalk]

There are over 200 videos in this challenge to learn from

[@crazybigyo]

Ty for the tips

[@Racewalk]

Glad they helped

[@SteveIommi]

Thanks much! Very helpful!👍🏻👍🏻

[@Racewalk]

Glad it helped!

[@denniperez8028]

So, how do you swing your arms when walking or race walking if you start with the right leg?

[@Racewalk]

If the right leg is forward the left arm is forward Arms are close to 90 degrees

[@Fain255]

Very well explained, thank you

[@Racewalk]

Glad it helped

[@gpmiranda873]

excellent content thank you

[@Racewalk]

You are most welcome

[@ajaj-yq6re]

is it ok to keep the knees bent for this technique? I don't plan on competing but locking out my knees causes a lot of knee pain but I need to be able to walk fast for my job

[@Racewalk]

It depends on where in the stride the leg is. I don't like the term locked but straightened

[@robertopatron2132]

Great video! Keep going

[@Racewalk]

Thanks. Definitely more to come

[@Fizu-zk8jj]

Is wearing shoes will help in racewalking

[@Racewalk]

Typically yes.

[@lundaralambar5122]

gracias por el video

[@Racewalk]

De nada

[@durgadole1100]

Thank u ...

[@Racewalk]

Glad you liked it

[@Tina2tu]

I bet this is so much easier on the joints than running l!

[@Racewalk]

Absolutely!

[@DeeTeaDee]

Has anyone ever beaten 14:40:08 race walk set in the 2015 85 mile Manx Parish Walk before? How the hell do you walk at a 6MPH pace for over 14 hours!??

[@Racewalk]

That's not a legitimate time

[@DeeTeaDee]

@@Racewalk it is. Go to the parish walk website. All leaders boards are there

[@DeeTeaDee]

@@Racewalk what part are you struggling with mate?

[@Racewalk]

@DeeTeaDee 6 minute miles for 8 hours is not a race walking time

[@DeeTeaDee]

@@Racewalk what you on about mate?? 😆

[@RickyCase]

Very helpful

[@Racewalk]

Glad it was. There are over 200 more videos in the channel to help you even more!

[@MohsinSiddiq-oz9xd]

Should I start.with right leg.or left leg ?

[@Racewalk]

Does it matter?

[@lunchbox6576]

I would need a coach

[@Racewalk]

Where r u located?

[@sarahgranados9830]

I watched this video on 2X so as to stay on theme.

[@Racewalk]

haha, :)

[@ashishpahan]

Good explain

[@Racewalk]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

[@FrancescaI.81]

Grazie 💜

[@Racewalk]

You are welcome

[@nickrodis6862]

Salamat po

[@Racewalk]

You are welcome

[@bartekmirek3790]

❤this sport

[@Racewalk]

So do we!

[@skinnytinny9023]

Such a sham of a sport, you can run as long as it's undetectable to the human eye, the judges don't use slo-mo cameras - they should have sensors in their shoes.

[@Racewalk]

Sensors are coming

[@skinnytinny9023]

@@Racewalk Good news, next we need to sort out heart rate monitors, part of a sport's skill should be knowing your own body not your bicycle, for instance, telling you what speed you can ride at.

[@ruru2500]

So we're not going to talk about how that pro walker was actually jogging in the clip?

[@Racewalk]

I guess you don't understand the modern rules. There are plenty of videos in this channel explaining it

[@JakeSimmons-r2u]

I started watching videos and thought the exact same thing when I saw the British guy set the mile record. I watched it at .25 speed and he was clearly leaving the ground! But further on in the video it was explained that it has to be to the naked eye.