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I am so thirsty for information about walkers and walking. Where is this information? Where is this community? It has to exist.
Marshall and I exchanged emails the other day, and one of the things that came up was blogging walkers. Where are they? Is it just he and I (him and me)? We both follow runners' blogs to get our fix of athletism. It's not right. I know plenty of serious walkers--so why aren't they blogging?
Am I just living under a rock? Please let me know.
Everyday, I check the forums on PFit. Now that PFit is over for the year, the messages are going to slow down, and then what am I going to do? Hang out on the womens' boards on Runners World? Well, yeah, probably.
Speaking of Runners World, there is a great article on Curt Clausen, the top US racewalker, in the November 2004 issue. I couldn't find it online, but it's called The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Walker. I did find a NPR story, pre-Olympics, called Walking -- Fast -- Toward an Olympic Dream, and also, this wonderful quote:
"I walked a marathon once," Olympic speed walker Curt Clausen recalled, "where there was this marine who took off [running] and said, 'I'll have a heart attack before I let you beat me.' Of course, less than a mile later, I blew by him and beat him by more than 20 minutes."
from Maxim, Aug. 2004
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I'm a walker who blogs.
www.sirgalahad.org/gravida/
I'm working toward a half-marathon at the moment. BUt I certainly sympathize -- I do the same. read runner's blogs for my fix because the walkers seem to be hiding.
6:09 AM
Cat-
cool-- I checked out your blog. It's good to know there are other walkers out there!
8:23 AM
Wow, VJ, look at that! Why didn't I ever just think to ask!? You've already increased the walking blog community by 50%! Nice job. :) Hope your ankle improves quickly...you must be going nuts. Take care of yourself.
9:32 PM
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