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Welcome to my Race Walking web home. What began as a journal to racewalking has been cut very short by a number of factors. While cruising along comfortably at 4:30 - 4:40 km speeds, suffering several DQ's and coaching equal to "slow down" (no form corrections just go slow!) and mounting medical issues, I have turned to jogging which has itself become a meditation experience. All things being equal, I will continue to journal live daily, thankful for forward movement with the sight of Orion's Belt, the Pleiades, the ocean, sun rises and sunsets at every event, if I ain't working, you'll find me pushing the ragged edge daily. P.S. If anyone wants to buy this domain name, give me a shout...... *) Trigeminal Neuralgia. Who knows where this came from and why I get episodes, it's a pain. The medications helped during the first attack, now it's a "It hurts when I do this doc." So I just try to avoid touching the left side of my head during certain times. No drugs, just grit the teeth and deal with it. *) Adductor tear. It was so painful after Landover, MD March 2009 to walk pedestrian pace I stopped as much activity as I could. Of course I gained back most of the 35 pounds I'd lost in the previous 6 months (Yes, I went from 265 to 230 in 6 months just race walking). By August 2009 itching to get active (and get the waist line back down) I hit the road again. Slowly until I felt pain, then I began to add jogging in. Seems I could jog for miles with no issues but adding in the race walking part, it's touch and go. *) PVC's. Premature Ventricular Contractions. Seems my goals in heart rate training hit a snag. My resting heart rate is between 38 and 42 beats per minute. November 2009, with heart monitor on and time and rate checking I couldn't get to my target zone and never reached above 104. Turns out it was 104% not beats per minute. That night it felt like my heart was bruised. Heart was pounding so hard trying to lay down it felt like my fingertips were going to pop off. Long story short, one Holter Monitor later they saw just shy of 12,000 extra beats in a 24 hour period and that was a good day! Amazingly though, during a stress test, watching the monitors with the doctors they went away. Zero PVC episodes. That now explains why it actually feels good to "Hit the road." I keep a personal daily log of events. That now runs back to August 2008 day by day, here I will give highlights and milestone markers. Feel free to send me comments if you'd like. Click a product and support me if you care or link up. US Race Walking is a laughed at sport and not taken very seriously. But like soccer, the rest of the world takes this sport very seriously. The exact same Olympic medal count in race walking as there is in every other sport of the Games. (* Note) 100% self taught is not 100% accurate. I had one lesson in the late 80's in Ann Arbor with Frank Alongi for about 15 minutes. A lean 185 28 year old guy I was doing 7 and half minute miles. Frank called me a sway back and to lean forward at the waist a little bit and let gravity help. I continued to practice but life got in the way. Recently the New Hampshire Seacoast Walkers have had privilege of hosting two world class walkers, Theron Kissinger and Erin Taylor. I've attended the lessons but haven't been coached, yet. |
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Visit the Daily Journal February 2012 Totals 40 km total 260 weight January 2012 Totals 80 km total 256 weight December 2011 Totals 110 km total 250 weight November 2011 Totals 72 km total 255 weight October 2011 Totals 18 km total 243 weight September 2011 Totals 108 km total 248 weight August 2011 Totals 113 km total 245 weight July 2011 Totals 153 km total 242 weight June 2011 Totals 102 km total 244 weight May 2011 Totals 115 km total 249 weight April 2011 Totals 122 km total 249 weight March 2011 Totals 120 km total 250 weight February 2011 Totals 97 km total 252 weight January 2011 Totals 83 km total 258 weight December 2010 Totals 124 km total 244 weight November 2010 Totals 158 km total 242 weight October 2010 Totals 124 km total 239 weight September 2010 Totals 128 km total 239 weight August 2010 Totals 31 km total 242 weight July 2010 Totals 98 km total 240 weight June 2010 Totals 156 km total 244 weight May 2010 Totals 34 km total 244 weight April 2010 Totals 36 km total 240 weight March 2010 Totals 155 km total 229 weight February 2010 Totals 112 km total 227 weight January 2010 Totals 161 km total 238 weight December 2009 Totals 60.5 km total 238 weight November 2009 Totals 110 km total 236 weight October 2009 Totals 117 km total 242 weight September 2009 Totals 64 km total 244 weight August 2009 Totals 58 km total 254 weight July 2009 Totals 0 km total 250 weight June 2009 Totals 0 km total 244 weight May 2009 Totals 0 km total 242 weight April 2008 Totals 38 km total 240 weight March 2009 Totals 65 km total 240 weight February 2009 Totals 68 km total 238 weight January 2009 Totals 99 km total 230 weight |