Ipoh Star walk here I come!
After almost one whole year of rest and 'retirement' I finally come to sense that I am going back into sport business. lol. Since I was just graduated from Matriculation college in Kedah, I have almost nothing to do other than getting a car licence, watching movie, online and being a tutor for my sisters. I guess I will just keep to those until I am ready to find a job out there in the wild.
So I just decided that I would like to start my training from today onwards on race walking. I knew it was hard but I was once a champion in Penang Starwalk. So I guess I just know how to tran it right. The day before yesterday, I actually went to the Mengkuang Dam to start my training, it was just hard to get my knee straight like before. So I just start by walking in a fast pace and large strides and ensure I can walk properly first before I can actually get into a race.
Well I would like to introduce about Race Walking. Well race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times.
There are two rules that govern racewalking.
~The first dictates that the athlete's back toe cannot leave the ground until the heel of the front foot has touched. Violation of this rule is known as loss of contact.
~The second rule requires that the supporting leg must straighten from the point of contact with the ground and remain straightened until the body passes directly over it.
These rules are judged by the human eye, which creates controversy at today's high speeds. Athletes may sometimes lose contact for a few milliseconds per stride which can be caught on high-speed film, but such a short flight phase is undetectable to the human eye.(This is cool.)
Hey and I know one really awesome walker name Olga Kaniskina from Russia,
Check out how she walks!She finished 20 km in one and a half hour, it was like awesome!!
and also olympic video's on racewalking in Beijing
I hope that I can walk like that too one day.. haha
Next, athletes usually tries to stay low to the ground by keeping their arms pumping low, close to their hips. If one sees a racewalker's shoulders rising, it may be a sign that the athlete is losing contact with the ground. What appears to be an exaggerated swivel to the hip is, in fact, a full rotation of the pelvis. (However it was always being comment by some where walkers are actually shaking their hips like cat walk. LOL)
In reality, athletes just aim to move the pelvis forward, and to minimize sideways motion in order to achieve maximum forward propulsion. Speed is achieved by stepping quickly with the aim of rapid turnover.
This minimizes the risk of the feet leaving the ground. Strides are short and quick, with pushoff coming forward from the ball of the foot, again to minimize the risk of losing contact with the ground. World-class racewalkers (male and female) can average under seven and eight minutes per mile (or under four and five minutes per kilometre, respectively), in a 20 km (12 mi) racewalk.
Hope that I can train properly and walk like Olga.
All the best to all of you who is going to the Starwalk too!
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So I just decided that I would like to start my training from today onwards on race walking. I knew it was hard but I was once a champion in Penang Starwalk. So I guess I just know how to tran it right. The day before yesterday, I actually went to the Mengkuang Dam to start my training, it was just hard to get my knee straight like before. So I just start by walking in a fast pace and large strides and ensure I can walk properly first before I can actually get into a race.
Well I would like to introduce about Race Walking. Well race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times.
There are two rules that govern racewalking.
~The first dictates that the athlete's back toe cannot leave the ground until the heel of the front foot has touched. Violation of this rule is known as loss of contact.
~The second rule requires that the supporting leg must straighten from the point of contact with the ground and remain straightened until the body passes directly over it.
These rules are judged by the human eye, which creates controversy at today's high speeds. Athletes may sometimes lose contact for a few milliseconds per stride which can be caught on high-speed film, but such a short flight phase is undetectable to the human eye.(This is cool.)
Hey and I know one really awesome walker name Olga Kaniskina from Russia,
Check out how she walks!She finished 20 km in one and a half hour, it was like awesome!!
and also olympic video's on racewalking in Beijing
I hope that I can walk like that too one day.. haha
Next, athletes usually tries to stay low to the ground by keeping their arms pumping low, close to their hips. If one sees a racewalker's shoulders rising, it may be a sign that the athlete is losing contact with the ground. What appears to be an exaggerated swivel to the hip is, in fact, a full rotation of the pelvis. (However it was always being comment by some where walkers are actually shaking their hips like cat walk. LOL)
In reality, athletes just aim to move the pelvis forward, and to minimize sideways motion in order to achieve maximum forward propulsion. Speed is achieved by stepping quickly with the aim of rapid turnover.
This minimizes the risk of the feet leaving the ground. Strides are short and quick, with pushoff coming forward from the ball of the foot, again to minimize the risk of losing contact with the ground. World-class racewalkers (male and female) can average under seven and eight minutes per mile (or under four and five minutes per kilometre, respectively), in a 20 km (12 mi) racewalk.
Hope that I can train properly and walk like Olga.
All the best to all of you who is going to the Starwalk too!
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