So...

[Dirty Octopus™]

I havent been keeping up with the Olympic Games as of late but word on the street is they have "Speed Walking" as a sport now.




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:eek:



am i corny for just hearing about this sh¡t? :dunno:

[Sammich]

vid of olympic speedwalking lol

[JennB]

Yeah... it's been in the Olympics for over 100 years lol

[Sammich]

^is it called running?

[Nemesis]

I stil cant believe bolt broke michael johnsons world record last night

[JennB]

^is it called running?

I *think* the events are something like "20K walk" or "10K walk" but go on wiki and look up "racewalking"

[Z0_o6]

i was watching tv this morning and flipped by that! it is the most retarded looking crap on the planet. one woman was trying to pass another and they were glaring while speed walking. WHY NOT RUN?!?!?!?!?!

[Ran]

WHY NOT RUN?!?!?!?!?!Because then they wouldn't be "speed walking"! DUH!

:lmao:

[Sammich]

*THINKS*

MAN THAT RLD OLYMPICS MAY ACTUALLY BE LEGIT IF THIS THREAD IS TRUE...

[Slow Motion]

IA speed walking challenge...Lets make it happen.

[eViLMunkey]

They also put BMX in the cycling events :goodjob:

[Dirty Octopus™]

oh shít! i forgot about this thread just like that! :eek:


i was watching tv this morning and flipped by that! it is the most retarded looking crap on the planet. one woman was trying to pass another and they were glaring while speed walking. WHY NOT RUN?!?!?!?!?!
bwahahahahaha!!!! i know right? :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao:

but yeah... it probably takes a lot of heart to not run. its like mind over matter or some shizz.

but yeah... dude was like... "she's approaching a difficult part now. she'd better slow down" or some shít like that... im like WTF?!?! :lmfao:


how do you train for this?

do you run a lot?
do you walk a lot?

do you do pilates? :thinking:

[Humphrizzle]

I was watching Ping Pong last night... it was funny to watch them so serious at one of the goofiest sports ever made.