That bit at the end is what I want to see more! Running vs. race walking! It really puts into perspective how fast this guy is! His 20k race walking pace is way faster than my 20k running pace, but when I look at him in isolation it’s hard to understand just how fast he is walking!
Loved this video. I have been researching race walking for my triathlons. 9 days ago I had a total knee replacement. (68 years of running 10 years of triathlon and suddenly this year I had arthritis in my left knee). Orthopedic surgeon is discouraging running so thought maybe competing by walking. Don't want to set world records just complete 5 k on foot fat enough to beat other 70.year olds in local sprint Tris.
Hey hey, 50 year old here, went through chemo and beat stage 4 cancer, been smoking since 14 and recently I tried to take up running but found it hard to keep my heartrate down if I ran because it's difficult to run slow + even slow was taking my heartate too high, I was really out of shape too but race walking helped me stay in my aerobic heartrate zone so I could build up my endurance. Now I can complete 5k runs and feel like I could do it again after a breather. So now on easy days I racewalk and on harder days, I run, I'm no athlete but am so overjoyed I'm able to run again and hit the trails .
I ran the part of the Las Vegas marathon a few years back alongside the USA race walker that raced in the Barcelona Olympics. I think he told me his fastest marathon was 3:15. As we approached an aid station I told him I walk the aid stations, he said he ran the aid stations:-)
19:31 Did Mark just do Naruto run at the end😅. Good fun and good job guys. I honestly think these tips are very useful. This can be good idea for new Run/Walk 2.0 😁
I run a 4:30 mile and I was interested in race walking growing up because of my naturally eggbeater running gait and how it made walking fast quite easy. I tried getting into it but there’s little to no resources online for race walking outside of the Olympics and world championships. Bummer.
Love this video! The last part cracked me up!! This helps a lot since Im switching from 40 years running into racewalking & learning to improve my technique. Correct technique helps improving my walking speed as well.
Not at all what I was expecting from the title. World-record pace for 20 km race-walking is 9.74 mph. Kipchoge's unofficial marathon "record" is 13.16 mph. Most runners' paces are slower than the race-walking WR. Since Tom is an elite race-walker, I expected, from the title, a race between Tom's race-walking and Mark and Heather running. Video didn't deliver. Well, okay, I see, at the very end, there is a tiny stretch of this "race." But, the running that Tom and Heather did at the end was a sprint, which obviously should be faster than even elite race-walking, but a sprint is for a short stretch and unsustainable for long-distance. I would've liked to have seen at least a 5 km race between Tom (race-walking) and Mark and Heather (running - at their long-distance paces).
An Olympics-level walker is walking under a 7 minute mile. Unless you are also a world-class racewalker, you can't walk and compete. You'd need to run.
Good video, this seem like a good idea when to avoid running injuries. I know speed walk can also get over use injuries but if you mix both sports it may help. I think Heather did the speed walk better than Mark on both times.
@@josimar73 the technique is simply trying to increase stride length whilst conforming to the rules. Hips therefore need to be flexible in the fore-aft directions but there's no undue stress on them. Any injuries tend to be to the knees as they need to lock out on each stride, hence race-walking racing/training is pretty much always on flat courses.
@@gtn I have not [insert quotations marks here] "officially", no. Though did dabble a bit. Always assumed there was much more to it, than it seemed. Also remember the Olympic controversies with regard to feet not touching the ground ... Actually, check that, I have a vague recollection of a really bad Mexican meal on vacation once that required me to get to the ...😜
When I'm coaching I sometimes ask them to do some race walking as part of the warmup. They think it's a bit of a joke until they try it and start hurting in places they've never hurt before!
that last bit, where Mark & Heather tried running -vs- Tom's walk .... that's what I was wanting to see. It's just so ridiculous that it's hard to wrap my mind around it.
Really enjoyed the video! I need to ask which style Nike track suit is Tom Bosworth wearing? Such a cool look, but can seem to find one with that same waffle texture online.
The physiological requirements are exactly like any other endurance sport. A high level 20km men's race walk will be ~1hr20m so zone 3/4 in a 5 zone model, similar to a half marathon. These guys/girls are SERIOUSLY aerobically fit, how many people can RUN a 1:20 half? 😳
That was a good one. Looks really difficult to do properly. I used to see someone commuting by speed walk each day on my drive to work, looked weird, but impressive all the same. (Got to love a bit of inter GTN competitiveness in a video as well)
The rules state that one foot must be touching the ground at all times. However, if you pause the video at 11:11, and use the comma/period keys to progress frame by frame, you can notice multiple instances where neither of the legs are touching the ground because the shadows are disconnected from his feet. I don't understand it.
The rule says that walking have to be judged by a human eyes, not by a camera in slow motion. So it's permitted a moment in the air because the human eyes cannot catch it
I didn't understand the part where he was talking T about the injury to lower back and hamstring .. does the injury occur due to landing on a straight leg ?
