A few days ago Elliot Denman made a comment about Gary Smith calling our sport oddball. While the article on Al, which I thought was very good, was not exactly...
Racewalk.com is the number one hit when "race walk" or "race walking" is searched for, but McGovern's site is number one when "racewalk" or "racewalking" is...
Oh gee Alvia is giving me a lesson on how to be placed high in the search engines. If it were that easy, everyone would do it. There's a lot more to it than ...
I have to disagree. While the Hammer has some similarities to racewalking, it is contested in the colleges and receives some TV coverage. The base for Pole...
I don't disagree with what you ar esaying. I am not saying they are identical, but as my buddy said to me the other day, can you name one American Male ...
Here the results of the Racewalking event at the NACAC held today at the Parc Jacques-Cartier (Sherbrooke) Loop of 1km Women 10 km 1 Favolice, Anne...
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Aug 1, 2004 10:52 pm
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Just as unscientific but more encouraging - I walked in a 5Km running event in Seneca SC yesterday and had four (4) people ask me if I knew Al because they had...
Walking in running events and winning age group awards seems to have shut up most of the neigh sayers*. If one REALLY wants to impress people with walking, one...
Hi all, Although I have mixed emotions about this story, I do believe that for Racewalking, any story is a good story. Perhaps if the world hears the name...
James McGrath
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Aug 1, 2004 11:56 pm
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In a message dated 8/1/2004 5:01:30 PM US Mountain Standard Time, whatleyian@... writes: bad PR is to be avoided even when deserved. Yes! Good PR...
Ollie wrote: Let's face it: even our best walking times at shorter events aren't that good compared with even ordinary club runners (those who, say, win or...
Sherry Brosnahan
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Aug 2, 2004 1:20 am
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AAU Jr. Olympic Games in Des Moines, Iowa The kids from the South Texas Walking Club - the FIGHTING TURTLES - walked away with 20 medals and two National...
The story I enjoy involves Jonathan Matthews. A fair number of years ago, during a race in Indianapolis, my husband Rick was a judge and saw Jonathan easily...
Ann Williams
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Aug 2, 2004 5:24 am
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The times were not impressive, but we did send a team this time. What happened with Staier and Pendergast? Were they alternates that were mistakenly listed as...
The material below, REPOSTED from another site, outlines the limitations on reposting of copyrighted material. Given the small number of people who read the...
I am not saying that walkers don't pass runners in many races; they do. Even *I* have, especially at races which are known to be, uh, "penguin friendly". My...
Alvia you amaze me. I've been quiet lately, because at least the tone of what you have been posting is not as negative as your pathetic attempts at humor. The...
When my first book - "Racewalk to Fitness". was published, a guy named Gary Yanker used a lot of my material and diagrams in his book. A lawyer told me that...
Listers, In view of the attention brought to the list by Jeff Salvage, of the possible legal ramifications of posting complete "copywritten" articles, I think...
Just a few updates on the copyright controversy and search engines so we can get back to the investigation of the phantom no shows at NACAC and why nobody...
The article below summarizes the U.S. track drug scandals, implies that Craig Masback should be fired and says the U.S. and Australia are hypocrites when it ...
A judge at the Empire State Games this weekend warned us walkers at the starting line that judging would be very strict because this was the New York State...
In the interest of journalistic integrity . . . Alvia wrote: "media giants like the AP, Reuters and the Ocononomowaco Bugle." Did you mean Oconomowoc, WI? If...
For more about dope than you really want to know, go to https://www.trackandfieldnews.com/tfn/discussion/viewForum.jsp?forum=6 ... -- Wayne T. Armbrust, Ph.D. ...
Adam Staier had a family commitment that he couldn't reschedule due to the timing of his knowing he could go, and I was a DNF due to a severely cramping...
Hi Alex That judge's statement was actually out of order. All races should be judged with the same rules in mind and UNMINDFUL of the status of the race....
Walkers; My NJ clinic host was having trouble arranging facilities for my August 27-29 racewalking clinic in Hackensack, NJ. I tried to find a new location...
Background on the NACAC meet additional racewalk entries: Knowing that the fields for this meet (in general - see full TF meet results) had been small, and...