FRONT COVER: The start of the London Open Walks 2010 on January 31st. PHOTO: by Mark Easton

Editorial It looks like 2010 is going to be a renaissance year for race walking. Athletes have shown that they have been training hard over the winter, and many people have set themselves targets for the coming year, whether they be to do well in certain races, achieve selection, improve PB’s, or just to finally beat a close rival. The public interest in race walking is also increasing, and people’s general perception of the event is now more serious and less mocking. The number of people entering some races is increasing. Old faces are re-appearing, and new faces are showing signs of rapid improvement. Who knows, perhaps more walkers not seen for a few years will be tempted to come back and have a go… There are more events to choose from this year, and some events are being tweaked to make them more appealing. Also, huge city walks look set to return, as more people try to get active, without wishing to become runners. Records will fall this year, and the British team are likely to do better than they have for many years. Things are definitely looking up! P.S. Although RWR is being published every month, the calendar month on the cover does not currently match when the magazine actually comes out - thank you to everyone who has repeatedly pointed this out to me! There is a seven week gap that has built up between ‘when it should’ and ‘when it does’ and this will now be reducing. I’ve been focusing on increasing the quality and size of the magazine at the cost of the schedule. You will all be happy to know that the quality will get even get better over the coming months, as we get back on schedule. This special 800th issue at 40 pages is now double the size it was this time last year. Regular issues are 28 pages, but expect a bumper sized colourful issue 801 very soon…

Magazine info Race Walking Record (founded 1941) is the international magazine for the sport of walking and walking events, published each and every month. Issue: 800 - January 2010 (issued 10/3/2010). Subscriptions: UK £30, International £40, PDF by email £20. Advertisements: Full page £40, Half page £20. Club advertisements: Full page £20, Half page £10. Editor: John Constandinou, 60 Claverdon Drive, Birmingham B43 5HP. Website: www.racewalkingrecord.net Contributors: Pat Reeves, Phil Howell, Mark Easton, Ron Wallwork, Dave Ainsworth, Ron Penfold, Peter Hannell, Rob Elliott John Hall, Ray Sharp. Please post all news, results, announcements, letters, photos and articles to me or email them to info@RaceWalkingRecord.net

RACE WALKING ASSOCIATION

(FOUNDED 1907) PRESENTS

THE NATIONAL 50 KM ROAD WALK

(Including RWA and UK Championships)

11:00 a.m. Sunday 25th April 2010 RWA Permit 17/09/120

Race Circuit is in Ropner Park, Stockton-on-Tees

The first class changing and presentation facilities are at; Fitness First, Yarm Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 3SF

Entries close on Saturday 17 April - Late entries or entries without fees or forms will not be accepted - Your entry will be acknowledged by 2nd class post. For further details about the event contact Ken Munro, telephone No: 01670 732426 before 21:00 hours. The Northern 50km Championship will be held in conjunction with this event. Walkers who wish to enter MUST enter the National 50km and then submit an entry to Mick Hague on the correct form. Further details are available from Russ Jackson on 01673 861208. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Entry Form: National 50km Walk Championships - Male and Female First Name________________________ Age__________________ Surname__________________________ Tel__________________ Address________________________________________________ Affiliated Club______________________ UKA Reg No___________ Entering Northern Championships? ___Yes__/__No___ Individual Entries £10.00 There are no team fees - Cheques to: Ken Munro, 8 Coomside, Cramlington, Northumberland, NE23 6HW I am an amateur as defined by the rules of UK Athletics. I agree that the race organisers will not be held responsible for any loss, injury or illness however caused. Signed______ Date______ Please Note: Whilst the race is on helpers must not use mobile phones, walkie talkies are not to be used in anyway to assist a competitor who is walking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A copy of this form can be downloaded from RacewalkUK.com, or just copy the details and post them.

Contents 2 - Editorial/Magazine info 4 - News 7 - Announcements 11 - YAG Grand Prix 13 - Features 13 - Dreaming of Glory at 50 18 - Nutrition 19 - Technique 22 - Special Features 28 - Results and Reports 36 - Archived Results 37 - 200 Club 38 - Letters 39 - Fixtures

News Recent RWA Decision It has been unanimously agreed to present the ‘John Keown Award’ to Derek Hayward in recognition of his services to race walking through his work with the English Schools Athletics Association. Annual Trophies for 2009 The annual trophies have been awarded to the following people: Edgar Horton Cup: Sandra Brown, for her performance in the National Long-Distance Championship; International Trophy: Johanna Jackson, for her winning performance at Lugano; Lancashire Trophy: Johanna Jackson Ken Smith Memorial Trophy: Mark O’Kane, for his performance at Lugano

Spanish Racewalker Admits Doping Possession, Denies Use Spanish 20km walker Francisco "Paquillo" Fernandez has informed sports authorities and police that he has been in possession of a banned substance. In a press conference shown on Spanish television, Spanish 20km walker Francisco "Paquillo" Fernandez admitted that he has informed sports authorities and police that he has been in possession of a banned substance. The 2004 Olympic silver medallist said he had obtained the substance with a view to using it in 2010, although "fortunately, these products were never used." The substance is reported to be EPO.

Fernandez at his press conference Spain's Civil Guard investigated Fernandez in November as part of Operation Grial, which saw 11 people arrested in November including a former doctor. When Fernandez made his confession to the authorities he was not facing any disciplinary action. The Andalusian athlete ended his statement by apologizing to his sponsors and fans.

Fernandez has been suspended by the Spanish Athletics Federation for "his admission of possessing a banned substance" but still hopes to compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Barcelona 2010 - 20th European Athletics Championships 26th July - 1st August For the first time in the championships’ history, the five road events (two marathons and three race walking events) will take place on a city circuit in the city centre. This initiative aims to bring Barcelona 2010 closer to citizens and to give athletes the support from their fans, who will be closer to them. It has been decided that the athletes will walk and run through the heart of the city of Barcelona, at the bottom of the hilly Montjuic mountain. The wish of the City and the Organising Committee is that it should take the athletes and the crowd to the most symbolic places of the city. UK Athletics Selection Policy To maintain the momentum gained at the World Championships we will use the same selection standards that were used in Berlin as we expect these to be close to the standards for the 2012 Olympics. UKA Standards 20k Men - 1:22:30 (B: 1:24:20) 20k Women - 1:31:15 (B: 1:33:30 ) 50k Men - 3:55:00 (B: 3:58:00) England Athletics Internationals England Athletics will again support Race walking events in 2010 via a number of events listed below;

7th March - EAA Grand Prix Lugano Senior Men and Women 20km, Junior Men and Women 10km 20th June - EAA Grand Prix TO BE CONFIRMED Senior Men and Women 20km Road, U23/U20 Men and Women 10000m track 11th April - UK/EA/RWA 20 km Champs and YAG Champs, Victoria Park, London 11th September - UK/EA/RWA 10km Championships and Challenge final, Coventry. New Junior World Best Performance Anna Lukyanova set a world junior best indoors for the 5000m Walk when the 18-year-old produced a 2010 world-leading mark of 20:44.25 at the Russian Students Championships in Volgograd on 24th February. Junior indoor world records are not officially recognised but the previous best on record was a hand-timed 21:30.1 by another Russian Vera Sokolova back in 2005. Just behind Lukyanova in second place, after a nail-biting race for the line, was the 2009 World Youth Championships gold medallist Yelena Lashmanova. Lashmanova, still 17, was also well inside the old best, and also improved on her outdoor personal best over the same distance by more than a minute, when she clocked 20:44.37.

Racewalker honoured on Top 10 Athletes of the Decade Track & Field News magazine in the USA (founded 1948) in its recent ‘Athletes of the Decade’ issue summing up the events of 2000-2009, honoured Robert Korzeniowski by selecting him 5th overall on their list of the decade's top men, ahead of numerous notables of all other athletics disciplines. Track & Field News are not known for their support of racewalking, and this is a breakthrough in a publication that in past years has had perhaps a hesitant attitude about the sport. Birmingham Walkathon Relaunched A popular event has been resurrected after an 18-year break. The BRMB Walkathon, first launched in 1983, will take place again on June 6 on a 26-mile route around the city’s outer circle bus route. Over 250,000 people walked in the event over the years, and members of the public welcomed the return. It is hoped that around 10,000 people will enter, in a bid to raise enough money to lay a deposit for a new critical-care support facility which will help injured troops returning from the front lines in Afghanistan. BRMB chief executive Phil Riley said since a change in ownership last year the radio station had been inundated with calls for the Walkathon to return. Mr Riley added that to make the event accessible a half and junior Walkathon had been introduced.

He said: “We hope to get 10,000 walking, if each raised £25 that’s £250,000.” £65 million Walking Man A LIFE-SIZE bronze sculpture depicting the figure of a man by Alberto Giacometti was recently sold at auction for the world record price of £65,001,250. The sculpture “Walking Man” or “L'Homme qui marche” took just eight minutes for bids to reach the hammer price after opening at £12 million at Sotheby's in London. The winning bid – the highest for any work of art ever sold at auction – was made by an anonymous buyer over the phone. The 6ft tall sculpture, cast in 1961, is considered to be one of the most important by the 20th century Swiss artist. It had been estimated to sell for between £12m and £18m. Furious bidding saw more than ten rivals bump the price up to ever higher levels, eventually topping the £65m mark. In so doing it beat the price of $104,168,000 (£58,520,830) paid for the previous auction record-holder – Pablo Picasso's Garçon à la Pipe, or Boy With a Pipe, which was sold in New York in 2004.

Bradford Walk Reborn It has been confirmed that the Bradford Walks will be held this year after last years abortive attempt - which foundered in part because of the cancellation of the Blackpool and the change of distance and course due to safety concerns over increasing traffic. The new course will be over a 7km road circuit around Baildon Moor, near Bradford. (Just 14 miles from Leeds...) This is the 108th consecutive year of the famous Bradford Walk, and all walkers are encouraged to support it.

Date: Spring Bank Holiday Monday 31st May. Events 35km & supporting 15km. Entries close 19th May. See the advert later in magazine. “The future of this event depends on the walkers. For those that may lament the passing of the traditional course I can only say that nobody regrets that more than me, but long point to point courses are out in today’s risk averse society. I hope people will give it a try. We will put on good prizes for individuals, and teams, dependant on entries. All the best, Alan Brooks”

Announcements Centurion Walk to be Missed There will be no 100 mile walk in the UK this year. The Isle of Man was originally listed to host the 2010 edition but had to cancel. At the Centurions AGM, an alternative venue could not be found. The only possibility for a UK Centurions walk now would be for another club to step forward and offer to organise an event. Would-be 100 milers can try for Continental Centurion status on 22nd-23rd May in Rotterdam, Holland. The Dutch have long supported the British event. Masters Inter Area T&F Match The Inter Area Challenge takes place on Sunday 8th August 2010 at Norman Green Stadium, Solihull. Please make a note in your diary.

M35, M50, M60, M70, W35, W40, W50 - most events covered, walks included. The Midlands team will be selected from the Midland Masters Championships, being held on Sunday 13th June 2010 at Saffron Lane, Leicester: Manager Paul Tasker 07760 298089 emailsportbilly@shaka.eclipse.co.uk Athletes in other areas please make yourself known to your selector so that racewalking can be well represented! Invitation to Race in Poland From Lyn Atterbury There are a couple of events that people might be interested in: 19th June - Rumia: Polish Coastal Championships and National Vets

10k. Events for walkers in all age groups from 10 years upwards. Flat, fast course on closed roads. This is an "international" event as walkers from more than one country take part. 28th August – Gdansk: 46th International Festival of Race Walking. Events as above. Flatish course of 1km on closed roads. The event incorporates the National Vets 5km Championships. The event is "international" as per the above definition. Anyone interested in taking part in these should contact me. There are no entry fees for these events due to sponsorship: emosz@wp.pl Walker reaches new heights Centurion 1001 Kevin Marshall walked up No.1 Tower at Canary Wharf (around 50 floors, 800 feet) in just over 7 minutes as part of a fund-raising initiative for Shelter - up the stairs. The event was covered by Mike Bushell of BBC Breakfast Time Sport, and was screened 4 times on BBC1 with Kevin prominent. Prestigious Post for Walker Popular walker Sean Pender has been appointed as Middlesex County President. England Athletics Opens Its Doors The following article is from Martin Rush of England Athletics, explaining his role. Martin has attended the RWA committee meeting where he was happy to answer any questions, and explained extensively about what goes

on ‘behind the scenes’ at England Athletics and UK Athletics. Martin is another valuable resource for racewalking, and we welcome him.

My role is as National Coach Mentor. This is to support named coaches who coach long endurance events, essentially 10000m upwards including walks. This support takes the form of an individual mentoring project, where the coach on the National Coach Development Programme draws up an individual learning/development programme for themselves and it is the role of the National Coach Mentor to support, challenge, motivate, facilitate (in short ,mentor) this programme. The role and structure is detailed on the England Athletics website specifically under the page ‘Contact a Mentor’. The process of selection onto this programme was started in the summer of 2009 with flyers to clubs, adverts in athletics weekly and headline banners and details on the England website inviting coaches to apply for a place on either the Local or National Coach Development Programmes. From this process a number of race walking coaches were placed onto the programmes. On the national level these currently include; Mark Wall, Dave Ratcliffe,

Steve Partington, Allan Callow, Steve Arnold, Verity Snook, Andi Drake, Maureen Jackson and Peter Selby. In addition there are a number of coaches on the Isle of Man who are being supported through Allan Callow and Steve Partington. This process was open to all and simply required application. Currently there are no more places available on the National Programme, however, a network of England Athletics Club and Community Support Officers, looks after the Local Coach Development Programme and if coaches are interested in developing their coaching then this would be a good point of contact. Having said that, I am fully aware that walking although another endurance event has some particular skills and challenges. So in my role I am available to talk through coaching issues and challenges and if I can’t help directly to may assist in directing the enquiry to someone who can. Not my direct responsibility is the development of the event in terms of participation or competition. I simply do not have the time to do this as well as carry out my mentoring role to the level it needs to be done to. However, I am fully aware that without more walkers coming through the system the event is going to continue to struggle, so I have undertaken some work in this area recognising the partnership that needs to work between England, the RWA, ESAA and coaches and clubs across the country. On a very simple level one of my challenges to the coaches on the national programme has been to encourage them to develop a larger

coaching group which in time will put more feet on the road (track). Conversations with the English Schools AA, the RWA and George Smolinski of Leicestershire have led to development ideas of an introductory web league to cater for new groups in schools supported by coaches. It will not be a short term process and there will be many more good ideas and activities bubbling around over the country that have potential and indeed are working to develop numbers and performance. But supporting coaches and helping coaches develop local groups is one key way I can see that we are going to get more and better walkers. In addition to this England Athletics role to support coaches; Leeds Metropolitan University have driven through a full time coaching position for race walking. This post is supported in part by UKA, and so the role is responsible for providing direct coaching to athletes based at the centre and also to provide walking specific input to the UKA endurance team of Ian Stewart and Spencer Barden for major games policy and standards. Training weekends for ‘futures’ athletes are organised (standards and open application were published in Record) and alongside these we have integrated group coach education work for those coaches on the National Coach Development Programme. As these programmes develop more opportunities will be promoted. England Athletics are providing England International Competition opportunities for walkers, see

http://www.englandathletics.org/page.asp?section=1003&sectionTitle=Race+Walking. UKA will continue to provide policies and selection opportunities for the major Championships/Games in line with the structure of the sport. So in short although there is no National Event Coach for Walks, there are now two individuals hopefully able to answer queries on coaching and team activities. Andi Drake holds the National Centre Director post at Leeds Carnegie. Martin Rush holds the position for National Coach Mentor for England Athletics. We are both easily contactable and happy to talk to individuals, see contact details below. In addition the RWA retains its role and there is regular contact between its officers and Martin Rush. Regards, Martin Martin Rush National Coach Mentor - Endurance England Athletics Mobile: 07803 671969 Email: mrush@englandathletics.org Website: www.englandathletics.org Dr Andrew Drake Carnegie Director of Race Walking Carnegie Annexe Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus, Leeds, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom P: +44 (0)113 8123527 M: +44 (0)7824 482624 E: a.drake@leedsmet.ac.uk Official Half Marathon Race Walk From Ron Wallwork What does talk of 20km and 50km events mean to anyone other than race

walkers? Not much I would imagine. However, mention the marathon or a half marathon and instantly most of the population knows what you are talking about. They have become classic distances to serious athletes and fun runners alike. An interesting idea put to me recently by Peter Selby, was that the profile of race walking might well be enhanced if walks were staged over those distances. There is a general knowledge about the challenge and demands of these distances and the direct correlation between the times posted in running and walking events would have some meaning. Race walkers already take part in these events and often to the dismay of many runners, finish ahead of them. There would be interesting comparisons and the respectable time that our top walkers are capable of would be wonderful PR for the discipline. With the support of Hillingdon AC the Enfield League Committee has decided that the September fixture, previously listed as a 20km, will be changed to a half marathon - 21km. The venue is to be the traffic-free Hillingdon Cycle Circuit which is 1500m in length The committee hopes that walkers throughout the country will support this innovative event, which will of course be under the B category rules. Editor: Half marathons are now the fastest growing athletics event in the world, and this initiative might be a way forward for race walking.

RWA Younger Age Group Grand Prix 2009 - Overall Results

Team Results:

Features Dreaming of Glory 50 year old racewalker Ray Sharp in the USA dreamed of one last shot at making a major international. In the following article, he describes his attempts to qualify for World Cup in Mexico. Reading his words you will know how it feels to race at the highest level, every step of the way… On 7th Feb 2010 at the USATF National 50k Championships in Phoenix, Arizona, fifty-year-old Ray Sharp (USA) attempted to qualify for the IAAF Race Walk World Cup. Here is his story, re-printed with permission from rayswalkingdigest.wordpress.com. Ray Sharp was a USA national team race walker at the 20 km distance in the 1980s, and then following a 15-year hiatus when he battled chronic fatigue, he returned to competition in 2005. In his first go-around, his best time for 20 km was 1:24:58, set in 1986. His indoor 3000m best of 11:16 in 1984 still stands as the U.S. record. On Feb.7, at age 50, Ray competed in the USA 50k championship in a bid to make his World Cup appearance in May in Mexico. By Ray Sharp (USA) I left my snowy hometown on the shore of Lake Superior for the sunny Southwest with a sense of purpose tempered by apprehension. Would I be able to qualify for another World

Cup race walk team, or had time finally caught up to me? Having turned 50 last November, was I delusional to think I could still compete at a high level? Our national 50-kilometer race walk championship would provide the answers. There is perhaps no more abrupt transition in the continental United States than leaving Houghton, Michigan in February and arriving in Arizona's Valley of the Sun. Phoenix is a sprawling city of 2 million with no discernable focus or memorable building, as if you took Boston or Miami and squashed it to the height of one-storey, flat-roofed, stucco-sided ranch house that spreads across 500 square miles of pancake-flat Sonoran Desert ringed by dry scruffy mountains resembling dusty desert beasts, like Camelback Mountain north of Scottsdale. It is good to be away from winter, to smell tortillas and mesquite and palo verde.

The 2010 USATF 50 Kilometre Race Walk was awarded to race director Cliff Elkins and Surprise, Arizona, a city name that begs for an exclamation mark. Surprise is the next outpost west of Sun City, the famed retirement community, and in

the chain restaurants that dot the main artery, Bell Road, the median age of the diners is probably 75. The race would be held on a flat L-shaped 2-kilometer loop near a large sports complex with a tennis stadium and the spring training grounds of the Chicago White Sox baseball team. I went to the nearby race headquarters at the Holiday Inn Express motel on Saturday afternoon and looked over the procedures for the World Cup team selection with national race walk chairman Vince Peters. In addition to a top-five finish, a time of 4 hours and 35 minutes would be required, an improvement from the 4:45 standard of recent years. I would have my work cut out for me. I recorded a brief interview with Race Walk Planet TV's Chris Rael and left to prepare for the next morning. There was light rain in the forecast for Saturday night and perhaps into the next morning. It would not be too hot, fortunately. I had an early dinner of pasta, salad and bread, and went back to the hotel to relax. I had been very stiff all day (which happens when I have carbo-loaded and not trained much for a few days) so I spent 10 minutes stretching in the hot water of the Jacuzzi spa, until I was almost able to touch my toes. Close enough. I slept from 11 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. and awoke refreshed and ready for the challenge. It had rained much of the night; there were puddles in the parking lot and a light mist was still falling. But the temperature was around 10 C and the wind was light. It would not warm up much that day, a very lucky break

for me and for all the racers, actually. During the morning we had dry air and a mix of sun and clouds, perfect conditions for racing, though chilly for the spectators, officials and volunteers. I stretched and paced the hallway in my hotel, had one cup of coffee, about 10 soda crackers and 2 generic ibuprofen pills, and left for the race around 6:20. By 6:45 I was at the venue, had picked up my electronic timing chip, gone to the bathroom, and was just walking very slowly for a couple hundred meters as a warm up. I stripped off my track suit at about 7:00, and stood freezing in black shorts and my white mesh Pegasus A.C. singlet, listening to the national anthem and final instructions. I took a final short sprint which felt loose and easy, as it should, and awaited the start. This would not be easy because I have been very busy at work this year and had only trained with any consistency and vigor for about the last 5 weeks, but I could give myself a chance of making the team if I started no faster than 53:00 for the first 10k and just stayed focused on the goal -- breaking 4:35 and qualifying for a fifth lifetime World Cup squad. Off we went! Tim and Rachel Seaman and Trevor Barron took the lead, followed by Lauren Forgues. Tim and the young women walked 10k; Trevor went on to 20k. Rachel is Canada’s best woman walker, and she showed it with a comfortable 46:25. Trevor, just 17, walked a very smooth 1:31:51.

Among the 50k walkers, I figured that four men would most likely beat me -- John Nunn, Steve Quirke, Allen James and Jonathan Matthews (which was the order I had them ranked in my mind coming in). Steve especially seemed like a good bet to contend, being the youngest, and having walked well for 20k in Eugene at the nationals last June. His 50k PR is somewhere around 4:19 I believe, from the last World Cup, and he was fourth, one place but 30 minutes ahead of me in the last Olympic Trials in 2008. With his tall, slender frame and relaxed technique, Steve looks to me like the next great American 50k walker, should he decide to make the time along with his teaching career and other obligations. John, a 2004 Olympian, has been one of the best American 20k walkers of the last decade, and showed his 50k potential with a 3rd place national finish in 4:14 in 2007. John was said to be in sub-4:10 condition this winter until an injury struck a few weeks ago. Allen, another Olympian, was the best American at 50k in the mid-1990s, between the Schueler/Evoniuk and Clausen eras, and nearly as fast at 20k as John as well. Allen doesn't train much these days, but a 20-miler (32.2 km) last month in 2:52 convinced him that he was ready for a time of 4:27 or so -- 5:20 per km. And finally, the enigmatic Jonathan Matthews posed the biggest mystery. With a 50k PR of 4:01 at age 37, and a legendary 1:24 20k performance at age 40, what kind of fitness would be have 10 years later in a return to action?

Behind these 4 great walkers, a resurgent Dave McGovern, Theron Kissinger and I figured to comprise the second tier. It was likely that one or more of us could make the World Cup team if -- a big if -- we could break 4:35. My first dilemma would be whether to walk with the top four, with Theron and Dave, or at some other pace, perhaps between them. One thing was certain -- I had better not try to walk any kilometre faster than 5:20, which is on pace for a 4:26:40. And on the other hand, not much slower than 5:24 per km, a 4:30 50k pace, which would bring me to 3:36 at 40k and mean I would need a 59:00 or better to make 4:35. A narrow window indeed for a racer prone to impetuous energy-sapping changes of pace. I will always be a 20k walker at heart. Matthews edged into the early lead, while I tucked in behind James, Quirke and Nunn for a 5:23 first km. I knew we were on about that pace when I heard Dave a few meters back, about 400m into the race, say "we must be on 5:25 pace, because Sharp doesn't straighten his knees until 5:20 pace or faster," (What a kidder, that one!). I decided to stay with the tall trio as we started cranking out steady 5:20s, 10:40 per lap, perfect pace. Meanwhile, up ahead, Matthews was walking 5:15s, inching farther in front with each lap. One of our group of four was impatient and a bit perturbed. We talked the situation through and decided that if Jonathan walked 4:19 and won the race, more power to him, but for the time being, it was better to stay on a conservative pace and let him go. There is strength in

numbers, a chance to relax and enjoy a few ribald stories to pass the pleasant morning, waiting for the difficult work to begin after 35k. We passed 10k in 53:32, with Jonathan already about a minute ahead and still gaining. I felt fine at this speed except for a dull ache in my lower back. I explained to the "boys" that it was probably caused because as my big belly hangs forward, my hips go back for balance, much like a pregnant woman. Allen and I weigh about the same but he is much taller. All these guys are fitter than I, and younger, and have faster PRs at 50k. My best time, 4:21:06, walked twice -- in Seattle in 1981 and Florida in 2006, is one second slower than Gary Westerfield's best, and the odds of passing him on the all-time list get slimmer as I get -- well, not slimmer. Our little band stayed together through 20k, which we reached in 1:46:46, meaning that the second 10k was slightly faster. I was taking Coke about every third lap, and water on the other laps. A couple times, when I moved ahead to get my aid and inadvertently picked the pace up for a few hundred meters, we would walk a kilometre in 5:15, and then the group would settle back to 5:20. I did this again at 22k, and accidentally held the faster pace long enough to open a gap. At this point, Jonathan was perhaps 90 or 100 seconds ahead, but there was no good reason for me to make a move to accelerate with a full 17 miles to go in the 31 mile ultramarathon. There are 2 main reasons this happened: 1. my sore

back felt a little better when I went faster; and 2. sheer stupidity. But there is also a third, harder to explain but here goes. I knew that I was still breathing easily at 20k, a full 40 percent of the way finished with my heart rate around 130. My legs felt good, just the beginning of a dull ache, but full of energy. This is a critical time to DO NOTHING but stay on that pace, to remind yourself that the race starts at 40k. But I was feeling a little euphoric to be alive, in cool weather, still racing with the big boys at age 50, and I was fully aware and certain at that point that I was going to make the team. So I guess I knew that even if I sped up, I would somehow make it under 4:35, and that made me a bit reckless, or at least gave me license to take a chance. I began to accelerate, very gradually. I just figured to walk 5:15 per km and get to 2:39:00 at 30k so I could close in 56 and 60, but that became 5:10 and they were letting me go, and then became 5:05 and I was gaining about 50 meters a lap on Jonathan, until I was more than a minute ahead of Allen and Steve at 30k, and 32 seconds behind Jonathan at some point. And John Nunn? At some point he dropped back and was reduced to slow walking, probably an effect of his prior injury. He did not finish. I hope his luck will turn at the 20k trials. And Theron and Dave, who were a bit behind at the start? Theron tracked about 40 seconds behind us through about 25k and then dropped back. I called out to encourage him but he too would

DNF. Dave marched on, maybe 3 minutes back from me at halfway, which I passed in 2:12:55, and he was still a dangerous threat. My fastest 5k was the sixth, a 25:20 which brought me to 2:38:15 at 30k, but which turned out to be my undoing, at least in terms of breaking 4:30. That third 10k in 51:29 had been dangerously beyond my readiness. I knew at 32k that my big push was over, that I would eventually drop from second to fourth, and that I needed to concentrate on breaking 4:35. By 34k I was just focused on the grim work of 11-minute laps, where I had been walking 10:10s a half hour earlier. I had about 95 minutes available for the last 10 miles, so I knew I could make it under 4:35 if I concentrated on good technique, staying hydrated, and above all, if I kept a positive attitude. Even before Allen and Steve passed me at around 40k, I was calling loudly to racers, lap counters and bystanders, "I am going to Mexico!" the site of the World Cup. It is important to believe in yourself and to focus on the positive when you are tired. My aid station helper kept me supplied with about 6 ounces of Coke for each remaining lap, and while the legs were gradually succumbing to the effort, my spirits remained high. The 40k split came at about 3:33, so I needed a sub-62:00 last 10k, or about 12:20 per lap. Dave was about 1200m, or 6- 7 minutes, behind. We called words of encouragement to each other as we passed on the out-and-back course, so that he could break 4:45 and qualify for his 7th

Olympic Trials, and I would make my 5th World Cup team. We've both been here before, and knew what to do. Left, right, left, right, count down the laps, it's that easy. We both made our goals, I in 4:31:41 (4th place) and Dave in 4:42:14 (5th). Up ahead, I watched Allen and Steve set about reeling in Jonathan, who (remarkably) never slowed down. Steve made up the three minute gap (as a young man should!) and took the lead in the last mile for his first 50k title in 4:23:02. Allen's bid for glory, after a series of 5:05 kms, fell a bit a short as Jonathan, at age 53, clung to a gutsy second place, just 13 seconds behind the young champion. The three of them finished within a minute of each other, about 7-8 minutes ahead of me. Steve walked about 5 minutes slower than his best, Allen 29 minutes slower than his best, Jonathan about 23 minutes off his PR, and I was almost 11 minutes shy of my best, but we were all extremely happy, and afterwards we shared handshakes, hugs and congratulations all around for a great day of racing. This is why I still compete. Leading results… 1st Stephen Quirke (M29) 4:23:02 …Qualified but declined 2nd J. Matthews(M53) 4:23:15 …Qualified 3rd Allen James (M45) 4:24:01 …Qualified 4th Ray Sharp (M50) 4:31:04 …Qualified 5th Dave McGovern (M44) 4:42:14 …Will be Team Manager 6th Mark Green (M54) 4:52:04 7th Chris Schmid (M63) 5:04:46

Ray Sharp (50), Allen James (45), Jonathan Matthews (53) and Dave McGovern (44) In second place, Jonathon Mathews won $3,000 and becomes probably the oldest competitor at the World Cup at age 53. He led the race until 48km. USA will also probably have the highest average age in history for any 50k team at this level of event. Dave, Jonathan and Ray also have the dubious honour of being the only three Americans with a 20k PB under 1:25 not to make an Olympic team... I wish them well in Mexico. NUTRITION: Sport Supplements - part four By Pat Reeves Last month, I discussed caffeine in its various forms with its contentious up and downsides. GREEN TEA My first 'supplement' for this issue - under a broad herbal heading is the beverage produced from the leaves of camellia sinensis. It's our amazing TEA!

Drunk every day by millions the version I want to recommend is either white or green tea, as opposed to black tea with milk/and/or sugar. Black tea is fermented, with reduces its health-giving properties: If milk is added to back tea, its anti-oxidant potential is enormously diminished. Black tea without milk is still a reasonably healthy drink. However, the active nutritional constituent properties - polyphenol catechins (expressed as epigallocatechin gallate in supplementation form) - are many times higher in white and green tea. White tea is simply when the leaves are picked in their 'youngest' form, green tea is slightly more mature and black tea - such as 'Typhoo' is fermented. Over the last several years, green tea has undergone hundreds of biomedical and epidemiological studies and scientific symposia. Even the National Cancer Institute has intensively researched this drink and endorsed its anti-carcinogen and anti-oxidant properties. If you are currently 'getting your caffeine fix' from coffee - I definitely recommend the switch to green or white tea - you will still receive lower doses of caffeine and also theophylline. For those who do not want to drink this beverage, for whatever reason, I recommend supplementation via a product that provides around 2750mg of green leaf tea as a 5.5:1 extract. GINSENG This herb is renowned for improving neurological performance as in

improved cerebral circulation, impacting upon mental alertness and overall brain functioning - and whether race-walking or not - this is something relative to everyone! Gingko is effective via increasing blood flow throughout the body. Elevating the production of ATP (adenosine triphosphate) - our universal energy molecules - and involved is the brain's ability to metabolise glucose, preventing platelet aggregation within the arteries, as it improves their flexibility and further improves transmission of nerve signals. Even better - it is a powerful anti-oxidant and has proved effective with short-term memory-loss, tinnitus, depression and low energy. There are different types of ginseng - some purported to be more 'suitable' for women - namely Siberian ginseng. Certain types seem to suit the masculine personality more. Please contact me via my email ad for further information as, although this is a great herb with enormous potential, it can be contra-indicated by certain conditions and orthodox medications. ECHINACEA A herb very much involved with our body immunity. I find this brilliant in my practice and would recommend to anyone wishing to 'up their game' in whatever sport. There are nine species of echinacea though only two types have been extensively studied, these are Echinacea purpurea and Echinacea angustifolia - so when seeking a supplement, do ensure that the

product has been sourced from either of these two types. Echinacea is renowned for fighting infections, colds, flu etc and anything acute. Its properties activate interferon and other immune-active compounds increasing numbers of immune cells in circulation and their activity, which ultimately strengthens our immune system. Echinacea, taken as a supplement, though the plant is easily grown in the UK and decocted is pivotal for acute conditions and also for chronic conditions. Earlier information suggested that it should only be used for one-two weeks during the acute-phase of infection - now we know better: Hence anyone with a long-term immune-compromising condition can benefit from this herb taken on a daily basis - in its various forms. As far as athletic endeavour impacts - I have found this is definitely a herb to include for around two weeks or so before your chosen event, improving your immunity and stress response. More to come in next issue! Pat Reeves www.foodalive.org TECHNIQUE: Checking Technique on the Fly By Phil Howell Over the next few months, I plan to go into more detail about each of the 12 items outlined below. The process of using good race walking technique is too complex to think about in its entirety while walking. Good technique relies

primarily on muscle memory developed over many hours of practice while using good technique. Thinking too hard about the entire process often gets in the way of actually doing it. (The same principle holds true for many actions we take in life - e.g., walking down stairs, or driving a car.) During practice sessions, it is important to focus on a single technical element at a time as you check your performance or try to improve it. Better yet is having someone else (especially a skilled coach) focus on it and give you objective feedback. Reviewing photos or videos of your own technique adds value to the process. During races, however, most good race walkers have a way of spot checking their technique “on the fly” that does not interfere with their overall performance. While I can not address the technique used by top walkers, I can offer a spot-checking technique that works for me - and should work for most walkers at the beginning or intermediate level. The guidelines for good race walking technique can, for the most part, be broken down by body part. My spot-check list focuses on the essentials for each part in a 12-item process. Upper Body 1. posture - stand tall but not rigid 2. head - head up, use eyes to look down at the walking surface 3. shoulders - not raised, minimal horizontal rotation, may drop to compensate for hip drop (hip down, shoulder up)

4. arms - close to body, elbows at 80 to 100 degrees depending on speed 5. hands - loose fist (like holding raw egg but not breaking it), from waist band to sternum height, don’t cross centreline Lower Body 6. hips - emphasize horizontal rotation, vertical drop needed to limit vertical body motion, no side sway 7. knees - straight from heel plant until legs passes centreline of torso 8. feet - rolling action (heel to toe), narrow track (one in front of other), skim ground when swinging forward 9. step rate - not too slow or fast, based on training 10. step length - not too long, heel plant under down turned eyes, any increase due to delayed toe off General 11. body relaxed - letting muscle memory do its thing 12. breathing - periodically taking deeper breaths (both in and out), in sync with step rate Having memorized the twelve items listed above, I periodically perform a quick, 12-item check during most practice sessions and during all races. For the upper body, I think of the items 1-5 (posture, head, shoulders, arms, hands). As I think of each item, the important elements of that item pop into my head and I make a quick check - making corrections as needed. Then I do the same for the lower body (items 6-10) and for the general items (items 11-12). The brief amount of time I spend checking technique in this way often

pays handsome dividends - and does so during all parts of my walk. Just after getting underway, a quick check helps me settle in to my best technique; mid-walk, it helps me stay on track; and, as I get very tired toward the end of my walk, it helps me hold my technique together when I am most likely to lose it. There is one more element of my technique-checking routine that is critical. Unless your mind works a lot faster than mine, you can not focus on both sides of the body at the same time (see items 4-5, and 7-8). As I check those items, I focus first on one side and then the other. If I am having more trouble with one side than the other (especially with

the knees), I might focus on that side more often. You may want to add to, delete from, or change items in my spot-check list. Each person’s list might well be different. But, I suspect that the spot-check concept will work for many (if not most) race walkers. Give it a try. Phil Howell is the Webmaster for eRaceWalk.com, a Web site that focuses on race walking technique. Phil invites feedback or suggestions for future articles. You can email him at Phowell222@aol.com.

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Special Edition Starting with this 800th edition and continuing with the next issue, a number of interesting statistical lists will be included. World Record Progression For current Olympic level events. How far back do you have to go to beat an old world record? Mens 20k walk (World Records) 1:38:43 Hermann Müller (GER) 1911-10-04 Berlin, Germany 1:37:57 Emile Anthoine (FRA) 1913-07-13 Paris, France 1:34:15 Václav Balšán (TCH) 1933-08-13 Ceský Brod, Czechoslovakia 1:33:25 Fritz Bleiweiss (GER) 1936-06-07 Fürstenwalde, Germany 1:32:12 John Mikaelsson (SWE) 1937-05-30 Malmö, Sweden 1:31:44 John Mikaelsson (SWE) 1946-06-10 Stockholm, Sweden 1:31:21 Josef Doležal (TCH) 1955-06-05 Prague, Czechoslovakia 1:30:36 Vladimir Golubnichy (URS) 1955-09-23 Kiev, Soviet Union 1:30:00 Josef Doležal (TCH) 1956-07-25 Prague, Czechoslovakia 1:28:39 Vladimir Guk (URS) 1957-04-13 Kiev, Soviet Union 1:27:29 Leonid Spirin (URS) 1959-07-07 Moscow, Soviet Union 1:27:04 Vladimir Golubnichy (URS) 1959-07-15 Moscow, Soviet Union 1:25:58 Anatoliy Vedyakov (URS) 1959-09-06 Moscow, Soviet Union 1:25:22 Gennadiy Agapov (URS) 1968-07-21 Leningrad, Soviet Union 1:25:19 Gennadiy Agapov (URS) 1972-05-07 Berlin, Germany 1:24:50 Paul Nihill (GBR) 1972-07-30 Munich, Germany 1:23:40 Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1976-05-30 Bydgoszcz, Poland 1:23:30 Anatoliy Solomin (URS) 1978-07-19 Vilnius, Soviet Union 1:23:12 Roland Wieser (GDR) 1978-08-30 Vilnius, Prague, Czechoslovakia

1:22:19 Vadim Tsvetkov (URS) 1979-05-13 Klaipeda, Soviet Union 1:22:16 Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1979-05-19 Valencia, Spain 1:21:04 Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1979-06-09 Vretstorp, Sweden 1:21:01 Reima Salonen (FIN) 1979-06-09 Raisio, Finland 1:21:00 Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1980-03-30 Xalapa, Mexico 1:19:35 Domingo Colin (MEX) 1980-04-27 Cherkasy, Soviet Union 1:19:30 Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1983-09-24 Bergen, Norway 1:19:24 Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1987-05-03 New York, USA 1:19:12 Axel Noack (GDR) 1987-06-21 Karl-Marx-Stadt, GDR 1:19:08 Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1988-07-30 Kiev, Soviet Union 1:18:20 Andrey Perlov (URS) 1990-05-26 Moscow, Soviet Union 1:18:13 Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1990-09-16 Hildesheim, Germany 1:18:04 Bu Lingtang (CHN) 1994-04-07 Beijing, PR China 1:17:25 Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1994-05-07 Bergen, Norway 1:17:22 Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP) 2002-04-28 Turku, Finland 1:17:21 Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2003-08-23 Paris, France 1:17:16 Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 2007-09-29 Saransk, Russia 1:16:43 Sergey Morozov (RUS) 2008-06-08 Saransk, Russia Mens 50k walk (World Records) 4:40:15 Hermann Müller (GER) 1921-09-07 Munich, Germany 4:36:22 Karl Hähnel (GER) 1924-09-24 Berlin, Germany 4:34:03 Paul Sievert (GER) 1924-10-05 Munich, Germany 4:30:22 Romano Vecchietti (ITA) 1928-09-16 Rome, Italy 4:26:41 Edgar Bruun (NOR) 1936-06-28 Oslo, Norway 4:24:47 Viggo Invorsen (DEN) 1941-08-17 Odense, Denmark 4:23:40 Josef Doležal (TCH) 1946-08-04 Podebrady, Czechoslovakia

4:23:14 Josef Doležal (TCH) 1952-08-24 Podebrady, Czechoslovakia 4:20:30 Vladimir Ukhov (URS) 1952-08-29 Leningrad, Soviet Union 4:16:06 Josef Doležal (TCH) 1954-09-12 Podebrady, Czechoslovakia 4:07:29 Anatoliy Yegorov (URS) 1955-11-17 Tbilisi, Soviet Union 4:05:13 Grigoriy Klimov (URS) 1956-08-10 Moscow, Soviet Union 4:03:53 Anatoliy Vedyakov (URS) 1959-08-13 Moscow, Soviet Union 4:03:02 Abdon Pamich (ITA) 1960-10-16 Ponte San Pietro, Italy 4:01:39 Grigoriy Klimov (URS) 1961-08-17 Leningrad, Soviet Union 4:00:50 Mikhail Lavrov (URS) 1961-09-05 Kazan, Soviet Union 3:55:36 Gennadiy Agapov (URS) 1965-10-17 Alma Ata, Soviet Union 3:52:45 Bernd Kannenberg (GDR) 1972-05-27 Bremen, West Germany 3:45:52 Raúl González (MEX) 1978-04-23 Mixhuca, Mexico 3:41:20 Raúl González (MEX) 1978-06-11 Podebrady, Czechoslovakia 3:40:46 Josep Marín (ESP) 1983-03-13 Valencia, Spain 3:38:31 Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1984-07-20 Berlin, Germany 3:38:17 Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1986-05-25 Potsdam, Germany 3:37:41 Andrey Perlov (URS) 1989-08-05 Leningrad, Soviet Union 3:37:26 Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 2000-05-21 Moscow, Russia 3:36:39 Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002-08-08 Munich, Germany 3:36:03 Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2003-08-27 Paris, France 3:35:47 Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2006-12-02 Geelong, Australia 3:34:13 Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2008-05-11 Cheboksary, Russia Womens 20k walk (World Record) 2:24:00 Antonie Briksová (TCH) 1931-09-06 Prague, Czechoslovakia 2:14:07 Antonie Odvárková (TCH) 1931-09-14 Prague, Czechoslovakia 1:59:02 Lina Aebersold (SUI) 1934-06-09 Zürich, Switzerland

1:57:35 Marie van Tonder (RSA) 1962-07-28 Cape Town, South Africa 1:57:26 Irma Hansson (SWE) 1963-10-27 Copenhagen, Denmark 1:54:30 Irma Hansson (SWE) 1967-10-22 Copenhagen, Denmark 1:53:46 Karin Møller (DEN) 1968-10-27 Copenhagen, Denmark 1:51:05 Irma Hansson (SWE) 1969-10-12 Copenhagen, Denmark 1:47:10 Margareta Simu (SWE) 1973-09-22 Copenhagen, Denmark 1:43:38 Lilian Harpur (AUS) 1977-07-16 Adelaide, Australia 1:43:20 Thorill Gylder (NOR) 1978-04-23 Mixhuca, Mexico 1:41:42 Susan Cook (AUS) 1980-02-03 Melbourne, Australia 1:39:31 Susan Cook (AUS) 1981-12-20 Melbourne, Australia 1:36:36 Susan Cook (AUS) 1982-12-19 Melbourne, Australia 1:36:23 Susan Cook (AUS) 1984-07-07 Canberra, Australia 1:36:19 Sally Pierson (AUS) 1984-07-17 Melbourne, Australia 1:29:40 Kerry Junna-Saxby (AUS) 1988-05-13 Vårname, Sweden 1:27:30 Liu Hongyu (CHN) 1995-05-01 Beijing, PR China 1:27:30 Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS) 1999-02-07 Adler, Russia 1:26:22 Wang Yan (CHN) 2001-11-19 Guangzhou, PR China 1:25:41 Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2005-08-07 Helsinki, Finland National Records by fastest Country As of June 2008 where known. How many countries are you faster than? 20km Walk - Men RUS 1:16:43 Sergey Morozov 1988 06-08-2008 Saransk WR ECU 1:17:21 Jefferson Pérez 1974 08-23-2003 Saint-Denis AMS ESP 1:17:22 Francisco Fernández 1977 04-28-2002 Turku MEX 1:17:26 Bernardo Segura 1970 05-07-1994 Fana AUS 1:17:33 Nathan Deakes 1977 04-23-2005 Cixi OCE

CHN 1:17:41 Zhu Hongjun 1983 04-23-2005 Cixi ASI GUA 1:17:46 Julio Martínez 1973 05-08-1999 Eisenhüttenstadt SVK 1:18:13 Pavol Blazek 09-16-1990 Hildesheim BLR 1:18:14 Mikhail Khmelnitskiy 1969 05-13-2000 Soligorsk POL 1:18:22 Robert Korzeniowski 1968 07-09-2000 Hildesheim SWE 1:18:36 Stefan Johansson 1967 05-15-1992 Fana GER 1:18:42 Andreas Erm 1976 06-17-2000 Eisenhüttenstadt ITA 1:18:54 Maurizio Damilano 1957 06-06-1992 La Coruña FRA 1:18:58 Yohan Diniz 1978 05-20-2007 Leamington TUN 1:19:02 Hatem Ghoula 1973 05-10-1997 Eisenhuttenstadt AFR NOR 1:19:11 Erik Tysse 1980 05-10-2008 Cheboksary CZE 1:19:18 Jirí Malysa 1966 06-17-2000 Eisenhüttenstadt IRL 1:19:22 Robert Heffernan 1978 05-10-2008 Cheboksary LAT 1:19:25 Aigars Fadejevs 1975 08-24-2002 Hildesheim LTU 1:19:29 Valdas Kazlaukas 02-19-1989 Sochi JPN 1:19:29 Satoshi Yanagisawa 1971 01-30-2000 Kobe MDA 1:19:32 Viktor Mostovik 1963 05-03-1987 New York UKR 1:19:43 Anatoliy Solomin 09-24-1989 Fana FIN 1:19:52 Reima Salonen 1955 06-21-1986 Pihtipudas BRA 1:19:56 Sérgio Vieira Galdino 1969 05-14-1995 Eisenhuttestadt POR 1:20:09 João Vieira 1976 08-08-2006 Göteborg COL 1:20:19 Querubín Moreno 1959 05-03-1987 New York KEN 1:20:40 David Kimutai 06-29-1996 Nairobi HUN 1:20:41 Sandor Urbanik 1964 04-19-1997 Prague BUL 1:20:43 Lyubomir Ivanov 1960 06-26-1988 Sofia CAN 1:21:03 Arturo Huerta 1964 07-07-2000 Etobikoke

ROU 1:21:06 Costica Balan 06-13-1996 Bucuresti CUB 1:21:45 Jorge Pino 1969 07-30-2002 Matanzas SRB 1:21:50 Predrag Filipovic 1978 03-22-2003 Surcin USA 1:22:02 Tim Seaman 1972 05-22-2004 Vallensbaek GBR 1:22:03 Ian Mccombie 09-23-1988 Seoul DEN 1:22:18 Claus Jörgensen 1974 05-11-1996 Eisenhüttenstadt NZL 1:22:20 Craig Barrett 1971 01-26-1998 Adelaïde RSA 1:22:21 Christian Britz 1963 11-21-1989 Pretoria TUR 1:22:36 Recep Celik 1983 04-21-2006 Istanbul ALG 1:22:52 Abdelwahab Ferguene 08-23-1992 Hildesheim EST 1:23:01 Vassili Matvejev 1957 10-13-1985 Alushta ISR 1:23:01 Vladimir Ostrovskiy 02-15-1992 Ein Gedi GRE 1:23:08 Christos Karageorgos 1953 02-24-1980 Veria CRC 1:23:12 Allan Segura 1980 05-10-2008 Cheboksary BEL 1:23:13 Jos Martens 04-10-1988 Goirle PER 1:24:02 Edwin Centeno 1981 06-26-2005 Lima CHI 1:24:25 Cristian Muñoz 1981 09-15-2002 Porto Saavedra VEN 1:24:50 Carlos Ramones 1954 10-09-1993 Caracas AZE 1:24:57 Sergey Shildkret 04-25-1987 Novopolotsk PAN 1:25:07 Ricardo Concepción 10-13-2001 Ciudad de Panamá IND 1:25:22 Gurudev Singh 1980 07-30-2000 Madras ESA 1:25:23 Walter Sandoval 1984 06-02-2007 La Coruña HON 1:25:25 Santiago Fonseca 05-15-1988 Danli AUT 1:25:46 Martin Toporek 1961 06-09-1984 Frederikstad SUI 1:25:55 Pascal Charriere 1964 05-22-1999 Monthey LUX 1:26:13 Lucien Faber 04-13-1980 Ruse

EGY 1:26:21 Hamed Farag Abdel Jalil 02-12-1999 Ismailia ARG 1:26:36 Juan Manuel Cano 1987 05-10-2008 Cheboksary GEO 1:26:46 Alexander Scherbina 07-21-1968 Leningrad ETH 1:26:56 Getachew Demisse 05-29-1996 Addis Ababa ARM 1:27:01 Vartan Tumasyan 06-11-1988 Leningrad BOL 1:27:38 Ronald Huayta 1980 05-07-2005 Lima ALB 1:27:40 Orest Laniku 1987 04-02-2005 Pomigliano d'Arco U20 NED 1:27:49 Harold Van Beek 1962 07-15-1995 Bergen SLO 1:28:04 Milan Balek 1950 08-28-1983 Postojna CRO 1:28:26 Aleksandar Rakovic 1968 09-21-1991 Balassagyarmat BIH 1:28:52 Mico Cvjetkovic 04-17-1988 Ruse IRI 1:29:15 Amir Khairgorazlighi 1985 03-16-2008 Nomi PUR 1:29:21 Ezequil Nazario 1983 06-07-2003 La Coruña NCA 1:29:30 Luis Canelo 01-23-1989 Ranchuelo GHA 1:30:27 Ahmed Tijani 06-2004 Cape Coast MAR 1:31:34 Nassir Hasnaoui 04-21-1991 Oujda CMR 1:32:17 Gabriel Ngintedem 1980 07-30-2006 Yaoundé SMR 1:33:56 Stefano Casali 1962 04-14-1985 Ferrara DOM 1:34:20 Antonio Morales 04-06-1987 La Romana MAD 1:34:33 Pietron Randrianandrasana 08-13-2006 Bambous MRI 1:36:42 Kaviraj Mardemootoo 1982 05-02-2004 Naumburg NGR 1:39:16 Olukole Odunuga 07-22-2001 Lagos PAR 1:39:20 Oscar Meza Achi 1979 07-15-2001 Xalapa AND 1:39:36 Antoni Martinez 01-29-1984 Barcelona JAM 1:40:11 Byron Williams 04-15-1972 Brighton NAM 1:42:05 Elvin Alberts 07-01-1995 Windhoek

BAR 1:43:25 Eo Mitchell 06-25-1999 Bridgetown ISV 1:43:58 Henry Klein 09-18-1976 Malmö LBA 1:44:26 Idriss Bakloul 04-26-1985 Tripoli COD 1:44:59 Kalamba Beya 07-21-2007 El Djezair TRI 1:47:34 Nolan Simmonds 05-13-1978 Coventry STP 1:54:22 Ousmane Dias 03-01-2003 São João da Madeira CGO 1:54:38 Bemba Toussaint 08-13-2006 Bambous CYP 1:55:54 John Constandinou 1972 04-14-2007 Coventry UGA 1:57:02 Nelsensio Byingingo 08-27-1982 Al Qâhira IRQ 2:01:33 Munther Mohamad 1973 12-08-2005 Ad-Dawhah ZAM 2:06:11 Feston Bwalya 06-01-1991 San José ZIM 2:07:55 A. Johnston 07-31-1979 Hannover 50km Walk - Men RUS 3:34:14 Denis Nizhegorodov 1980 05-11-2008 Cheboksary WR AUS 3:35:47 Nathan Deakes 1977 12-02-2006 Geelong OCE POL 3:36:03 Robert Korzeniowski 1968 08-27-2003 Saint-Denis ITA 3:36:04 Alex Schwazer 1984 02-10-2007 Rosignano Solvay CHN 3:36:06 Yu Chaohong 1976 10-22-2005 Nanjing ASI GER 3:37:46 Andreas Erm 1976 08-27-2003 Saint-Denis ESP 3:38:43 Valentin Massana 03-20-1994 Orense FIN 3:39:34 Valentin Kononen 1969 03-25-2000 Dudince BLR 3:40:02 Aleksandr Potashov 05-26-1990 Moskva FRA 3:40:58 Thierry Toutain 1962 09-29-1996 Héricourt MEX 3:41:20 Raúl Gonzales 06-11-1978 Podébrady NOR 3:41:30 Trond Nymark 1976 05-14-2006 La Coruña JPN 3:41:55 Yuki Yamazaki 1984 04-13-2008 Wajima

SVK 3:42:20 Pavol Szikora 04-04-1987 Dudince LAT 3:43:18 Aigars Fadejevs 1975 06-06-1998 Ogre UKR 3:43:57 Vitaliy Popovich 08-05-1989 Leningrad SWE 3:44:49 Bo Gustafsson 1954 09-30-1988 Seoul BEL 3:47:34 Godfried Dejonckheere 09-10-1989 Arras CAN 3:47:48 Marcel Jobin 1942 06-20-1981 Terrebonne SRB 3:48:01 Aleksandar Rakovic 1968 05-02-1999 Mezidon USA 3:48:04 Curt Clausen 1967 05-02-1999 Mézidon NZL 3:48:05 Craig Barrett 1971 06-16-2001 New Plymouth HUN 3:48:41 Sándór Urbanik 1964 03-24-2001 Dudince CZE 3:49:08 Milos Holusa 04-14-1996 Fribourg LTU 3:49:30 Donatas Škarnulis 1977 03-29-2008 Dudince GUA 3:49:37 Julio Cesar Urias 03-24-1995 Mar del Plata IRL 3:51:32 Colin Griffin 1982 03-24-2007 Dudince GBR 3:51:37 Chris Maddocks 10-28-1990 Plymouth DEN 3:51:46 Jacob Sørensen 1974 06-16-2002 Dublin POR 3:52:00 João Vieira 1976 02-21-2004 Beja ECU 3:52:07 Xavier Moreno 1979 07-28-2007 Rio de Janeiro AMS COL 3:52:16 Héctor José Moreno 1963 05-25-1997 Naumburg CUB 3:52:19 Edel oliva 03-24-1995 Mar del Plata GRE 3:54:11 Spyros Kastanis 1964 03-18-1990 Athina AZE 3:54:47 Sergey Shildkret 07-17-1985 Leningrad GEO 3:57:28 Alexander Scherbina 10-17-1965 Alma Ata NED 3:58:21 Harold Van Beek 1962 04-05-1992 Bekescsaba BRA 3:58:30 Mario José dos Santos Jr 1979 05-11-2008 Cheboksary TUN 3:58:44 Hatem Ghoula 1973 03-04-2007 Santa Eularia des Riu AFR

SUI 3:59:20 Pascal Charrière 1964 04-14-1996 Fribourg ROU 3:59:43 Costica Balan 04-05-1992 Békéscsaba ESA 3:59:51 Salvador Ernesto Mira 1984 07-28-2007 Rio de Janeiro HON 4:01:07 Santiago Fonseca 01-12-1986 Ciudad de Guatemala MDA 4:01:38 Feodosii Chumachenko 1973 09-24-1999 Kiev AUT 4:02:39 Stephan Wögerbauer 1959 06-07-1992 Prerov CHI 4:07:09 Cristian Bascuñan 1983 03-31-2007 Puerto Saavedra EST 4:07:10 Olav Laiv 1948 06-14-1975 Kohtla-Järve RSA 4:07:30 Johan Moerdyk 1967 09-14-1996 Durban BUL 4:07:46 Bontcho Lapkov 04-14-1985 Bekestchaba LUX 4:10:05 Lucien Faber 04-15-1984 Bad Krotzingen IND 4:10:42 Basant Bahadur Rana 1984 02-21-2008 Patiala PER 4:13:50 Edwin Centeno 1981 08-21-2005 Armenia BOL 4:14:36 Eloy Quispe 04-29-1993 Cochambamba ARG 4:17:03 Benjamín Lorefice 1987 11-03-1991 Mar del Plata ARG 4:17:03 Jorge Lorefice 1987 11-03-1991 Mar del Plata ISR 4:17:07 Shaul Ladany 07-02-1972 Marcinelle PUR 4:17:46 Nicolas Soto 09-27-1993 Ponce SLO 4:18:28 Milan Balek 1950 10-16-1983 Wien ALG 4:19:15 H'Mimed Rahouli 03-12-1987 Boumerdès ARM 4:20:40 Vagarhak Arzumanian 10-11-1955 Yerevan NCA 4:23:55 Luis Canelo 04-02-1989 Ranchuelo KEN 4:25:24 William Sawe 09-30-1988 Seoul VEN 4:26:31 Carlos Ramones 1954 10-04-1986 Saint-Leonard GHA 4:30:26 Ahmed Ali 09-21-2002 Accra SMR 4:37:12 Stefano Casali 1962 03-20-1994 Pescara

PAN 4:37:17 Leonel Ramos 04-17-1983 Mexico ALB 4:40:04 Dimitri Sadik 08-21-1976 Elbasan EGY 4:43:20 Moujahid El Sayed 05-22-1987 Zagazig TRI 4:47:05 Francis Thomas 06-18-1972 Port-of-Spain CRC 4:50:24 Sergio Gutierrez 08-18-1984 Ciudad Guatemala TUR 4:51:19 Hakan Çaliskan 1968 03-10-2002 Sint-Oedenrode MAR 4:57:29 Hassan Kouchaoui 04-21-1984 Albi ETH 4:58:54 Debeko Yanka Degife 1976 05-14-2006 La Coruña CMR 5:05:51 Daniel Foudjem Ganno 1974 05-14-2006 La Coruña ISV 5:09:04 Henry Klein 09-18-1976 Malmö LBA 5:15:53 Ahmed Issa 09-15-1967 Tunis CYP 5:16:59 John Constandinou 1972 10-29-2006 Yverdon-les-Bains CRO 5:24:28 Zelemir Haubrih 1963 10-07-2007 Bad Deutsch Altenburg 20km Walk - Women Currently unknown: these will appear in a future issue when I have them… British Olympic Medals (Pre 2008 - not including Beijing) Whilst racewalking is certainly 'one of Britain’s most successful athletics disciplines' it might help some people to see the following information so that they can word themselves more accurately in future. Nine other sports have won more medals than race walking, although Athletics is the most successful sport overall for Great Britain at the Olympics - if winning medals is the measure of success. Within athletics, Race Walks have won 15, but Hurdles have 18, and Jumps 20 medals. Running has 83 medals, with Track sprinting making up 68 of that total. Of those, 30 are for short sprints, and 28 for middle distance. Of those, 15 were for 1500m, with 14 of them being won by men.

Team GB - Olympic Medals by Sport Athletics 191 Swimming 64 Cycling 54 Rowing 48 Shooting 47 Boxing 45 Sailing 45 Tennis 39 Equestrian 25 Judo 16 (Race Walking 15) Figure skating 15 Team GB - Athletics Olympic Medals Sprints 30 (10:100m, 8:200m, 12:400m) Middle distance 28 (13:800m, 15:1500m) Relays 27 Hurdles 18 Race Walking 15 Steeplechase 12 Long track 10 (2:3,000m, 4:5,000m, 4:10,000m) High Jump 7 Long Jump 7 Javelin 7 Combined events 7 Triple Jump 6 Marathon 5 Team 5 (3:3000m, 1:3 Mile, 1:5,000m) 5 Miles 3 Cross Country 2 Shot 1 Hammer 1 Discus 0 Pole Vault 0 Team GB: Racewalking Olympic Medals won 1908 3500m Walk Men George Larner 14:55.0 GOLD 1908 3500m Walk Men Ernest Webb 15:07.4 SILVER 1908 10 Mile Walk Men George Larner 1:15:57.4 GOLD 1908 10 Mile Walk Men Ernest Webb 1:17:31.0 SILVER 1908 10 Mile Walk Men Edward Spencer 1:21:20.2 BRONZE

1912 10km Walk Men Ernest Webb 46:50.4 SILVER 1920 10km Walk Men Charles Gunn 49:44.4 est. BRONZE 1924 10km Walk Men George Goodwin 48:37.9 SILVER 1932 50km Walk Men Tommy Green 4:50:10 GOLD 1936 50km Walk Men Harold Whitlock 4:30:41 GOLD

1948 50km Walk Men Tebbs Lloyd-Johnson 4:48:31 BRONZE 1960 20km Walk Men Stanley Vickers 1:34:56.4 BRONZE 1960 50km Walk Men Don Thompson 4:25:30.0 GOLD 1964 20km Walk Men Ken Matthews 1:29:34.0 GOLD 1964 50km Walk Men Paul Nihill 4:11:31.2 SILVER

The Bradford Walks 2010:

Monday 31st May - Spring Bank Holiday

Events 35km & supporting 15km

Start time 11.00 a.m. Changing venue: Jenny Lane, Baildon - Sat Nav BD17 6

The course will be over a 7km circuit around Baildon Moor, near Bradford.

Entry fees: 35km - £6. 15km - £4

Entries close 19th May.

Please post entries to Alan Brooks at; The Well Spring, 50 Fieldhead Lane, Birstall, West Yorkshire WF17 9BJ

The future of this event depends on the walkers. The passing of the traditional

course is regrettable but long point to point courses are out in today’s risk averse society. Please come and try this new version of the oldest continual walking event

in the UK.

Good prizes for individuals, teams, dependant on entries. The earlier the better for entries - organisers need encouragement too!

Results and Reports Enfield League Race 1 2nd January 2010 Lee Valley Stadium The first race of the New Year saw Surrey well represented with 6 starters and 5 finishers in good field of almost 50. The cold weather and a little snow the previous night may have put some off but a warming sun and no wind in fact

provided a pleasant racing temperature. The five one mile out and back laps provide a good view of the head of the race and the surrounding competition for all taking part and the spectators. The fist four were soon well away from the main bunch. The course, just outside of the new stadium, is attractive with a short hill to add interest, very little traffic and pleasant surroundings.

Peter Hannell (Judges: M.Croft, M.Graham, R.Pearce, P.Wilson. Timekeeper: M.Oliver. Recorders: P.Kates, J.May. Marshalls: C.Lawton, T.Perkins, K.Roost, J.Rooke) 2 Miles 1st Helen Croft Ilford AC U15 25.49 3 miles 1st Mal Blyth Leicester M70 c384 35.46 Ladies 5 miles 1 Diane Bradley Tonbridge W45 43.40 2 Verity Snook Aldershot W35 44.11 3 Helen Middleton Enfield W45 45.02 4 Becky Collins Medway/M U20 46.38 5 Maureen Noel Belgrave H W45 50.08 6 Anne Belchambers Steyning W55 50.32 7 Fiona Bishop Aldershot W50 51.29 8 Sue Davies Aldershot W40 51.44 9 Ann Lewis Aldershot W60 52.29 10 Jo Stringer Aldershot W35 52.45 11 Sue Barnett Cambs/Coll W60 54.04 12 Norma Grimsey Enfield W50 55.26 13 Francios Fernandez Loughton W55 56.38 14 Sue Smith Ryston W45 60.03 15 Jennie Grimwood Newmarket Jgrs W50 62.29 16 Serena Queeney Enfield W55 66.26 also walked Jo Miles Hillingdon AC W50 62.30 Men's 5 miles 1 Nick Silvester Aldershot M50 39.23 2 Phil Barnard Ilford AC 25 39.57 3 Trevor Jones Steyning AC M50 41.26 4 Peter Ryan Ilford AC M55 c984 42.17 5 Fransisco Reis Ilford AC M45 42.38 6 Steve Uttley Ilford AC M50 43.29 7 John Hall Belgrave H M60 43.29 8 Steve Allen Barnet DAC M50 44.21 9 Shaun Lightman Surrey M65 45.44 10 David Kates Ilford AC M60 46.14 11 John Ralph Chiltern H M50 46.21 12 Amos Seddon Enfield M65 46.24 13 Andy Cox Hillingdon AC M55 47.27 14 Alan Ellam Enfield H AC 47.47 15 Peter Hannell Surrey WC M65 48.08 16 David Sharpe Ilford M50 c578 48.40

17 Sean Pender Enfield M55 c1067 48.54 18 Michael Harran Surrey M70 49.54 19 Ken Bobbett Hillingdon M65 50.29 20 Steve Kemp unatt M45 c1075 50.43 21 Peter Crane Surrey M65 51.48 22 Ron Powell Enfield M70 53.22 23 John Borgars Loughton M60 53.37 24 Peter Howard Enfield M65 54.07 25 David Hoben Surrey M55 54.07 26 Oliver Browne Ilford M55 c789 55.04 27 Alan O'Rawe Ilford M65 c791 55.04 28 Peter Cassidy Loughton M70 55.24 29 Bernie Hercock Enfield M70 56.29 30 Doug Fotheringham Belgrave M75 c373 58.40 31 David Ainsworth Ilford M60 c540 66.09 DQ Steve Crane Surrey WC 29 Sarnia Walking Club road walk 3rd January Lancresse to Bulwer Avenue, Guernsey Guernsey race walkers opened up the New Year with an easy three miles road walk between Lancresse and Bulwer Avenue. The Le Noury brothers were content to walk together for most of the race, until Jason opened a small gap to claim the win in 24.35. Stuart finished eight seconds down, but well ahead of third man home Phil Lockwood. Seventy year old Mick Le Sauvage, who just held off Dave Dorey in a race to the line beat the old Guernsey Age Best time set by Austin Mann in 1993 on the same course. Ladies entrant Carol Bates was happy with her performance, finishing close to Le Sauvage and Dorey. Rob Elliott for SWC 3 mile 1 Jason Le Noury M 24.35 2 Stuart Le Noury M 24.43 3 Phil Lockwood M35 26.48 4 Terry Bates M55 30.09 5 Kevin Le Noury M50 31.13 6 Mick Le Sauvage M70 34.04 7 Dave Dorey M60 34.04 8 Carol Bates W55 34.54

Coventry Godiva New Year Race 3rd January 5 mile 94 38:48 S. Arnold Nuneaton M45 144 47:15 M. Williams Tam M45 153 49:35 G. Jones Coventry M65 156 51:41 A. Wheeler Nun. W50 161 66:07 A. Qureshi Birchfield M55 HSBC Winter League Round 4 10th January Ronaldsway, Isle of Man Ronaldsway The fourth round of the HSBC Securities Services Winter Walks League took place in cold but surprisingly good conditions underfoot given the recent big freeze the Island had been experiencing for the last week or so. Walkers are notoriously hardy souls though, and fifty four braved the winter chill to set off together on a scratch start with race handicaps for the 10k and 5k being added on after the race. Michele Turner had been announced as the overall winner on handicap due to an error transposing her actual time but nevertheless her corrected time still was enough to give her second place on the podium and good league points with a 4 minute improvement on her last effort and showing a solid technique. She was just five seconds ahead of Angela Martin in third. The winner on handicap was Sandra Halpin, who walked with Angela throughout but took the win by virtue of a longer handicap, both improving significantly from the Andreas round in November. In fact all those featuring in the top 10 had to have improved by at least 2 minutes so it was a very competitive race. Fastest on the day was Kevin Walmsley, returning to racing after too long an absence, he used all his racing experience, sitting on the heels of Jock Waddington before pulling ahead around halfway and having just under a minute in hand at the finish. Jock held on to second with a minutes cushion from Vinny Lynch who recorded a new personal best in third.

Fastest of the ladies was Judith Quane, who is now getting close to breaking the hour, second fastest was Terri Salmon with rapid improver Michele Turner, third fastest. In the 5k, junior Alexander Eaton showed a greatly improved technique and a good turnover to take the win both and on handicap and on actual time. He is sure to improve further as both his fitness and his skills increase. A welcome return to racing for Lisa Motley in second, showing that she still has a good turn of foot and is getting back to fitness. Miriam Kelly took third spot, edging out Pauline Clague by a mere 4 seconds on handicap. Juan Bellando walked his fastest race by a minute in a determined effort in the junior 3k event. Danielle Oates was a clear second and she was followed home by a trio of elves, namely Alexandra Ross, Sinead Kaneen and Hannah Kelly who were determined to wear their Christmas racing outfits in this round after the December round had to be called off due to icy conditions. Olivia Watterson and Ellen Quane made up the rest of the field, both walking with pleasing techniques throughout. Just 2 juniors walked in the 2k event, Daniel Scarffe taking the win, but Rebecca Greatbatch pushed him hard the whole race. In the junior 1k, Steven Waddington walked a fast race and enjoyed a comfortable win, he was followed home by brothers Toby and Matthew Young. Thanks to everyone who helped officiate and support in bitterly cold conditions and to everyone for staying behind to support the raffle. Thanks also to Jim Cottier of Ronaldsway Social club for the kind use of their facilities. Round 5 takes place at Andreas on Sunday 7th February. Due to the cancellation of the 4th round, this year’s

league will be calculated by the best 3 races from 5 events. This means that if you have only competed in one race so far, you can still finish the league as long as you take part in the next two rounds. (All races were scratch start with handicaps on the 10k and 5k events added after the event) 10k Handicap position, name, time (handicap time) 1 Sandra Halpin 1.11.42 (1.21.02) 2 Michele Turner 1.05.32 (122.06) 3 Angela Martin 1.11.42 (1.22.11) 4 Jane Foster 1.06.53 (1.22.12); 5 Tony Dugdale 1.00.40 (1.22.15) 6 Helen Stone 1.10.10 (1.22.31) 7 Dave Corrin 1.03.55 (1.23.39) 8 Judith Quane 1.00.49 (1.23.41); 9 Dave Walker 56.53 (1.23.53) 10 David Dodson 1.08.26 (1.23.59) 11 Alison Crellin 1.10.52 (1.24.01) 12 John Stubbs 1.08.10 (1.24.06); 13 Robbie Breadner 1.10.03 (1.24.08) 14 Jim Caley 1.09.57 (1.24.14) 15 Dick Callin 1.04.51 (1.24.21) 16 Dougie Corkill 1.03.55 (1.24.44); 17 Terri Salmon 1.04.06 (1.24. 49) 18 Simon Spencer 1.23.28 (1.24.54) 19 Dave Wilkinson 1.05.50 (1.24.55) 20 Mick Holgate 1.07.49 (1.25.03) 21 Samantha Draper 1.08.15 (1.25.08) 22 Michael Salmon 1.08.50 (1.25.09) 23 Gordon Erskine 1.10.58 (1.25.25) 24 Colin Moore 1.08.28 (1.25.25) 25 Jock Waddington 54.31 (1.25.31) 26 Vinny Lynch 55.34 (1.25.35) 27 Tony Ball 1.19.24 (1.25.44); 28 John Hotchkiss 1.10.58 (1.25.45) 29 Janette Morgan 1.10.46 (1.25.46) 30= Kevin Walmsley 53.37 ( 1.25.49) 30= Mike Readshaw 1.00.45 (1.25.49) 32 Marie Gilbertson 1.08.25 (1.26.07) 33 Simon Cox 1.02.33 (1.26.29). 5k 1 Alexander Eaton (u15b) 28.57 (45.28) 2 Lisa Motley 31.43 (46.17) 3 Miriam Kelly 38.05 (48.05) 4 Pauline Clague 37.01 (48.09);

5 Sharon Christian 49.49 (44.49) 6 Wendy Ross 37.23 (51.38) Adam Cowin (dnf) 3k 1 Juan Bellando 18.10 2 Danielle Oates 18.47 3 Alexandra Ross 19.37 4 Sinead Kaneen 19.41 5 Hannah Kelly 19.55; 6 Olivia Watterson 21.36 7 Ellen Quane 21.45 2k 1 Daniel Scarffe 14.13 2 Rebecca Greatbatch 14.27 1k 1 Stephen Waddington 7.09 2 Toby Young 9.18 3 Matthew Young 10.14 Bob Wright Handicap Series Race 5 January 17th Osmond Priaulx, Guernsey Third place in the fifth walk of the Bob Wright Handicap Series was good enough for Phil Lockwood to increase his overall lead. Walking close to his best ever time, Phil claimed the fastest time of the day with a 14.57 clocking, four seconds up on Stuart Le Noury. Jason Le Noury, third quickest of the day was hampered by a bruised foot picked up whilst playing football. Winner of the handicapped event was Jayne Le Noury, with second home, Terry Bates, only three seconds behind. Making full use of his few minutes start Terry held fast finishing Lockwood at bay by only inches. 3000 metres track walk 1 Jayne Le Noury W45 23.24 (watch time) 20.24 (actual time) 2 Terry Bates M55 23.27 / 16.57 3 Phil Lockwood M35 23.27 / 14.57 4 Carol Bates W55 23.47 / 21.47 5 Mick Le Sauvage M70 23.55 / 20.25 6 Stuart Le Noury M 24.06 / 15.01 7 Jason Le Noury M 23.41 / 15.11

8 Kay Coulson W40 25.14 / 25.14 Steyning AC Open 15K Road Walk 23rd January Steyning 19 walkers set off in cool overcast conditions in this annual race over an undulating out and back course from Steyning out towards Ashurst and into and down Spithandle Lane towards Wiston and returning to Steyning. After negotiating a flooded road at the Steyning Leisure Centre Ian Richards of Steyning AC, Mark Easton and Stephen Crane of Surrey WC were pretty much together to the 7.5K turning point followed closely by Steynings Trevor Jones, about a mile into the return the faster Easton broke up the group to go on to win in a useful time, while his younger club mate Crane pulled away from Richards and Jones, several walkers did well to record faster times on the tough return leg. In the Women’s race held in conjunction, Helen Middleton from Enfield Harriers was a clear winner from the fast finishing Joan Lennon of Steyning AC who was tackling this distance for the first time and had started at a steadier pace. -Ron Penfold The bad weather and a gap in the racing calendar meant it has been three weeks since the last event. For this reason the 25 starters by the town clock in Steyning High Street were pleased to get back to their sport. They were not deterred by the extra distance from 7 to almost 10 miles, the hills and, for some, the complicated journey to this pleasant town. The conditions were ideal – cool but not too cold with no wind - and good times were recorded by the majority with Surrey Walking Club well to the fore in first and second places. Mark Easton, turning out for his longest race for many months, intended this as a warm up for the imminent 10 miles Club championship was still able to hold off his younger club mate, Stephen Crane,

by about a minute although the latter recorded an excellent time. A second half surge from Shaun Lightman gained only a couple of places but stretched the gap back to Peter Hannell from a few seconds at 5km to over 6 minutes by the end although the latter’s time was a considerable improvement on last year. Although the course is mainly up on the way out and back down the return journey still includes a testing climb and the tiring walkers tended to close up and places change as fitness told. The finish back up through the village, as always, brought welcome cries of encouragement from the supporters as well as passing shoppers. Peter Hannell 15km MEN Pos.Name.Age.Club .Halfway.Finish 1 Mark Easton M45 Surrey 37:58 74:33 2 Stephen Crane Surrey 37:59 75:27 3 Ian Richards M60 Steyning 37:52 76:50 4 Trevor Jones M50 Steyning 38:31 77:44 5 Peter Ryan M55 Ilford 40:21 82:01 6 Shaun Lightman M65 Surrey 44:26 86:45 7 Arthur Thomson M70 Enfield 44:17 88:57 8 Carl Lawton M60 Belgrave 47:03 91:30 9 Ron Penfold M65 Steyning 45:50 91:38 10 Sean Pender M55 Enfield 45:41 92:40 11 Peter Hannell M65 Surrey 45:40 92:58 12 Steve Allen M50 Barnet 44:09 95:37 13 Chris Flint M60 L.Vids 47:21 95:47 14 Peter Crane M60 Surrey 49:07 98:53 15 Dave Boxall M75 Seaford Striders 51:10 102:20 16 Bernie Hercock M70 Enfield 54:44 109:25 TEAMS 1 Surrey WC 9pts 2 Steyning AC 16pts 3 Enfield Harriers 33pts

15k WOMEN 1 H. Middleton W45 Enfield 43:00 85:56 2 Joan Lennon W50 Steyning 46:12 89:49 3 Anne Bellchambers W55 Steyning 50:02 101:51 Sarnia Walking Club Road Walk 24th January Les Amarreurs, Guernsey Stuart Le Noury dominated the 5 kilometres road event from start to finish as he won the event by a minute from Phil Lockwood. Stuart crossed the line in 25.34, half a minute outside his best time, whilst Lockwood got within twenty seconds of his previous best time. Rob Elliott finished a distant third. 5 kilometres 1 Stuart Le Noury M 25.34 2 Phil Lockwood M35 26.28 3 Rob Elliott M50 28.43 4 Kevin Le Noury M50 33.47 5 Dave Dorey M60 34.59 6 Mick Le Sauvage M70 35.16 7 Jayne Le Noury W45 35.56 Chris Smith Race Walking League 2009/10 Round 3 26th January A quarter of the 36 finishers in the third round of the Chris Smith race walking league improved on their personal bests. Leicester Mercury Young Sportswoman of the Year runner-up, Jasmine Nicholls (Countesthorpe College) maintained her unbeaten record in this year's series but was chased hard by Emma Achurch (Leysland H.S.). Toni Webley (Kingstanding, Birmingham) took over half a minute from her previous best time to finish third. The girls league is proving to be a close competition and will only be resolved after the final race. Sarah Sheasby (High Storrs, Sheffield) clawed her way back to the top of the standings but holds a narrow 3 point advantage over Isobel

Reid (St Pauls, Erdington) with Amy Sanders (Croft Junior) only 2 points further back. Daniel Watling (Perton Middle School, Staffs) repeated his success from the last race. Daniel Waples (Guilsborough, Northants) took a significant chunk off his best time to finish second ahead of Sheffield duo Shaun Cohen and Dan Chaib. Watling remains top of his league but Cohen has made inroads into his lead. Edward Poyser (Blaby Stokes), with the top handicap score in this race, leapt into third place overall. Current Chris Smith league team champions, Blaby Stokes Striders, maintained their lead in the team category ahead of High Storrs, Sheffield. George Smolinski (L.P.S.A.A.) GIRLS 2k 1 Jasmine Nicholls Countesthorpe College Leics 11:03 2 Emma Achurch Leysland, Leics 11:26 3 Toni Webley Kingstanding, Birmingham 12:09 4 Rebecca Chambers Meadowhead, Sheffield 12:20 5 Sarah Sheasby High Storrs, Sheffield 12:45 6 Isobel Reid St Paul's Catholic School, Edgbaston 13:26 7 Kara Sanders Hartshill, Nuneaton 13:56 8 Jessica Mills Grace Academy, Chelmsley Wood 14:19 9 Kezia Brown Blaby Stokes, Leics 14:22 10 Laura Achurch Blaby Stokes, Leics 14:34 11 Amy Sanders Croft Junior 14:40 12 Georgina Hollinshead Hurley Primary, Atherstone 15:02 13 Chloe Merton NDS Birmingham 15:16 14 Sophie Naylor Blaby Stokes, Leics 15:50 15 Rosie Parsons Etone College, Nuneaton 16:14 16 Amelia Furniss Brixworth Primary, Northampton 16:37

17 Rhiannon Cole St Edwards, Kettering 16:48 18 Neve Duguid Blaby Stokes, Leics 17:03 19 Rebecca Hughes Isham Primary, Kettering 17:15 20 Sophie Hammerschmidt Wellingborough School 17:39 21 Charley Coleman Blaby Stokes, Leics 19:15 BOYS 2k 1 Daniel Watling Perton Middle School, Staffs 11:15 2 Daniel Waples Guilsborough, Northants 11:30 3 Shaun Cohen Handsworth Grange, Sheffield 11:49 4 Dan Chaib High Storrs, Sheffield 12:10 5 Joe Smith Blaby Stokes, Leics 12:59 6 Matthew Redfern William Allitt, Swadlincote 13:07 7 Edward Poyser Blaby Stokes, Leics 14:20 8 Matthew Kibble Mount Grace, Leic 14:35 9 Thomas Butler Stockingford,Nuneaton 15:53 10 Declan Harbour Brixworth, Northampton 16:17 11 Benjamin Allen Blaby Stokes, Leics 16:27 12 Jake Smith Blaby Stokes, Leics 16:30 13 Joseph Hardy Rushton, Northants 16:41 14 Peter Bilson SHEAF 16:50 15 Callum Harris Brixworth, Northampton 17:45 London Indoor Games & Essex/Kent Open/SCVAC Indoors. 31 January 2010 Lee Valley Stadium, London 3000m 1 Nick Silvester AFD 14:03.69 2 Francisco Reis Ilf 15:23.59 3 Mark Culshaw Belg 16:41.70 4 Dave Sharpe Ilf 18:15.18 5 Sue Davies AFD 19:04.41 6 Ann Lewis AFD 19:21.98 7 Norma Grimsey E&H 20:08.06 8 Bernie Hercock E&H 21:36.59

9 Dave Ainsworth Ilf 23:25.28 10 Stella Angeyu unatt 25:18.14 Loughton Athletic Club: The London Open Walks 31st January Victoria Park, London On a fine crisp day, the only disappointment to the organisers was the rather thin turnout of younger walkers. On the other hand, with competitors from Wales ( two of them, both taking awards) and France, we had a broader geographical spread than usual, and a new club, Abingdon Amblers A.C., appeared in the results and missed third place in the Women’s 5k by a whisker. Apologies are due to any who were inconvenienced by the slightly creaky administration, largely due to the taking on of the Southern R.W.A. Senior 10 Championships, which had been cancelled because of the weather on the 6th January. Our thanks to all walkers and officials who supported the event. Pauline Wilson & Peter Cassidy Loughton A.C.

Under 11 Girls 1k 1 Ella Cairns Newmarket Joggers 7:51 2 Olivia Stevens Newmarket 7:51 Under 13 and Under 15 Girls 2·5k 1 Emma Achurch U15 Leicester 14:13 2 Becky Chambers U13 Sheffield 15:00 3 Heather Butcher U13 Cambridge 15:18

4 Georgia Parsons U13 Tonbridge 17·03 5 Rosie Parsons U15 Nuneaton H. 20:43 Southern Championship: U13 Butcher, Parsons Under 13 and Under 15 Boys 2·5k 1 Guy Thomas U15 Tonbridge 15:09 2 Andrew Statter U15 Surrey 15:18 3 Matthew Redfern U13 Nuneaton 15:25 Southern Championship: U15 Thomas, Statter Combined Women 5k Senior, unless otherwise indicated 1 Kelsey Howard U17 Tonbridge 26:20 2 Fiona McGorum Leicester W.C. 26:48 3 Diane Bradley Tonbridge A.C. 27:15 4 Heather Lewis U17 Pembrokeshire Harriers 27:50 5 Rebecca Collins J Medway & Maidstone 28:17 6 Helen Middleton Enfield 28:44 7 Kate Funnell U17 Ashford A.C. (Tonbridge A.C.) 29:10 8 Jasmine Nicholl U17 Leicester 30:32 9 Maureen Noel Belgrave H. 31:17 10 Stephanie Rukin J Tonbridge 31:26 11 Emily Symons J Tonbridge 32:00 12 Noël Blatchford Abingdon 33:56 13 Katerina Johnson J Radley A.C. (Abingdon A.A.C.) 34:00 14 Susan Barnett Cambridge & Coleridge A.C. (E. & H.A.C.) 34:09 15 Judy Howard Abingdon 34:31 16 Karen Davies Birchfield H. 34:53 17 Catherine Coterill U17 Tonbridge 36:34 18 Sue Smith Ryston R. 38:08 19 Serena Queeney Enfield 39:15 20 Jenny Grimwood Enfield 39:25 21 Helen Croft U17 Ilford A.C. 42:21 Combined teams (Each Club may score one second-claim member, as shown in brackets above) 1 Tonbridge A.C. “A” 11 2 Tonbridge A.C. “B” 38 3 Enfield & Haringey A.C. 39 4 Abingdon Amblers A.C. 40 5 Leicester W.C. (Scoring 2) 10 First Veteran (no other individual award) Noel

Southern Championships: U17 Howard, Funnell, Cotterill Junior Collins, Symons, Rukin Under 17 Men 5k 1 Shaun Cohen Sheffield 31:22 2 Ben Parsons Tonbridge 32:00 3 Peter Bilson (Senior Guest) Sheffield 42:10 Southern Championship: Parsons Combined Men and Women 10k Senior Men, unless indicated 1 Brendan Boyce Coventry 42:49 2 Tom Bosworth Tonbridge 43:55 3 Darell Stone Steyning A.C. 44:12 4 Scott Davis Ilford A.C. 45:14 5 Dominic King Colchester 46:28 6 Antonio Cirillo JM Swansea H. (Coventry Godiva H.) 50:10 7 Phil Barnard Ilford A.C. 50:24 8 Ian Richards Steyning A.C. 50:26 9 Trevor Jones Steyning A.C. 50:48 10 Jim Ball Steyning A.C. 51:14 11 Jonathan Hobbs JM Ashford 52:19 12 Steve Arnold Nuneaton H. 52:28 13 John Hall Belgrave H. 53:56 14 Liam Baldwin JM Tonbridge 53:59 15 Fiona McGorum SW Leicester 54:02 16 Diane Bradley SW Tonbridge 54:39 17 Helen Middleton SW Enfield 57:26 18 J. Constandinou Birchfield H. 57:32 19 Rebecca Collins JW Medway & Maidstone A.C. 57:34 20 Graham Chapman Headington 57:47 21 Shaun Lightman Surrey 58:00 22 Dave Kates Ilford A.C. 58:09 23 Arthur Thomson Enfield 58:13 24 Kate Funnell U17W Ashford 58:54 25 Andy Cox Hillingdon A.C. 59:11 26 Ron Penfold Steyning A.C. 59:31 27 Carl Lawton Belgrave H. 60:22 28 Alan Ellam Enfield 60:33 29 Mark Culshaw Belgrave H. 61:56 30 James Cotterill JM Tonbridge 61:59 31 Glyn Jones Coventry 62:02 32 Sean Pender Enfield. 62:02 33 Steve Allen Ilford A.C. 62:15 34 Paul King Belgrave H. 62:18 35 Maureen Noel SW Belgrave 62:24 36 Stephanie Rukin JW Tonbridge 62:36 37 Michael Harran Surrey W.C. 63:40

38 Chris Flint London Vidarians 64:00 39 Dave Sharpe Ilford A.C. 65:26 40 Ron Powell Enfield 66:45 41 Gary MacDonald Surrey W.C. 68:02 42 John Borgars Loughton A.C. 69:06 43 Ben Parsons U17M Tonbridge 69:41 44 Emmanuel Tardi L.P.Longjumeau 69:45 45 Karen Davies SW Birchfield 69:51 46 Peter Howard Cambridge & Coleridge A.C. (E. & H.A.C.) 72:27 47 David Hoben Surrey W.C. 73:19 48 Bernie Hercock Enfield 73:28 49 Eric Horwill Dudley & Stourbridge H. (Loughton A.C.) 74:16 50 Sue Smith SW Ryston R. 78:01 51 Serena Queeney SW Enfield 79:42 Combined Mens teams (Each Club may score one second-claim member, as shown in brackets) 1 Steyning A.C. 20 2 Ilford A.C. “A” 29 3 Coventry Godiva H. 33 4 Tonbridge A.C. “A” 41 5 Belgrave H. 59 6 Enfield & Haringey A.C. “A” 69 7 Surrey W.C. 81 8 Enfield & Haringey A.C. “B” 109 9 Ilford A.C. “B” (scoring 2) 60 10 Loughton A.C. (Scoring 2) 75 Southern Championships Junior Men Hobbs, Baldwin, Cotterill Senior Men Barnard, Richards, Jones

Teams: 1 Steyning A.C.141: 2 Ilford A.C. 125: 3 Belgrave H. 116 Senior Women Bradley, Middleton, Collins THE REG JACOBS TROPHY (All finishers score for their first-claim clubs.) 1 Tonbridge A.C. 579 2 Enfield & Harigey A.C. 261 3 Ilford A.C. 223 4 Steyning A.C. 207 5 Belgrave H. 175 6 Surrey W.C. 149 7 Leicester W.C. 147 8 Nuneaton H. 140 9 City of Sheffield A.C. 100 10 Newmarket Joggers 99 11 Ashford A.C. 97 12 Abingdon Amblers A.C. 90 13 Birchfield H. 82 14 Coventry Godiva H. 79 15 Cambridge & Coleridge A.C. 63 16 Medway & Maidstone A.C. 50 17 Swansea H. 50 18 Cambridge H. 49 19 Pembrokeshire H. 49 20 Colchester H. & A.C. 46 21 Ryston R. 42 22 Headington R.R. 38 23 Hillingdon A.C. 34 24 London Vidarians W.C. 33 25 Loughton A.C. 20 26 L.P.Longjumeau 19 27 Dudley & Stourbridge H. 15

Archived Results Continuing on with results that for one reason or another never made it into the last eight issues of the magazine… World Masters Association Athletics Championships Stadia 28th July - 8th August 2009 Lahti, FINLAND 5,000m track walk W50 - 10th Fiona Bishop 34:06.44 W45 - 8th Helen Middleton 30:56.84 M75 - 7th John May 36:56.7 M70 - 1st Arthur Thomson 27:47.44

M60 - 3rd John Hall 25:35.57 10k road walk W50- 10th Fiona Bishop 69:11 W45 - 3rd Diane Bradley 55:30; W45 - 7th Helen Middleton 60:16 W45 TEAM - 3rd GB&NI (Fiona, Diane, Helen) 3:04:57 M75 - 9th John May 76:09 M70 - 1st Arthur Thomson 56:27 M60 - 2nd John Hall 53:08 20k road walk W50- 6th Fiona Bishop 2:26:24

W45 - 3rd Diane Bradley 1:56:48; W45 - 6th Helen Middleton 2:04:11 W45 TEAM - 3rd GB&NI (Fiona, Diane, Helen) 6:27:22 M75 - John May DNF (fell over foot of barrier - hospitalised) M70 - 1st Arthur Thomson 1:58:19 M60 - 3rd John Hall 1:53:28 That makes 8 individual medals and 2 team medals from just 6 walkers - an excellent result. Bad luck for John May falling over the extended foot of a barrier separating the two sides of the course in the 20k. Others fell over these barely noticeable obstacles and I found myself treading on one before I saw John lying on the ground being attended to. Bad luck also to two entrants who didn't get to the start line - Harvey Jaquest, who was out there supporting but not over a recent illness and Dave Kates, looking after Pauline, still immobile after her garden accident. I'm sure you will all join me in wishing John, Harvey and Pauline well. With Dave present and getting round in his usual form we could have had another team medal (M60 gold?), with help from Arthur, in the 20k. The judging was another lottery, with knees being the focus at the expense of the first principle of walking - CONTACT. As an example, the women's 20k (all age groups together) resulted in 32 red cards - ALL FOR KNEES! I wasn't alone in thinking that was well "over the top". All of the women over 70 (W70, W75, W80 and W85) were disqualified. Is this age discrimination? I sat at the side of the road for the Women's 60+ 10k and tried to keep a judge's card - I then compared my observations with the recorder's board and found little resemblance to what I had seen. Some trotters did come out of some races but they had to be pretty bad to do so. For more on knees, see the bit about Congress, below. Lahti was a pleasant venue, with the main athletics stadium overshadowed by 3 enormous ski-jump ramps. Some ski-

jumping was being done by the local experts while we were there, using artificial landing surfaces - pretty spectacular. The town sits at the edge of a fairly large lake and plenty of athletes took advantage of trips on the lake, some of us in a paddle steamer. The weather was kind, with plenty of warm sunshine and the only substantial rain came one night. The race venues were good - the 5k walks were at the second track, not much more than half a mile from the main stadium and the 10 and 20k road walks were all held on the same 2k circuit round Fellman Park, little over a quarter of a mile from the main stadium and on the pedestrian route to the town centre, so that quite a lot of people involved in the championships passed by and encouraged the walkers. Some of our team had a problem with the local transport. Usually free transport is provided to all those people carrying the championship accreditation (part of the cost of entering enables the local organising committee to fund this en bloc). In Lahti a number of our people, including some of our walkers, had to pay to reach official hotels, which were further away from the town centre than might have been expected. Overall, despite a few problems, including the very high price of accommodation, this appeared to me to be a good championship meeting. John Hall

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Letters Best of luck to Andi Drake and his training at Leeds. This could be the

lynch-pin in putting GB back on the podium in the major athletic forums. Keep it "gooing" Andi. Geoff Tranter Birmingham ------------ Do not overdo the international scene in future issues. After all, without wishing to be narrow in this day and age, the magazine is about British Race Walking and so it should remain. John Eddershaw Sheffield ------------ With regards international coverage in the magazine. I do tend to agree that under the last editor there were too many obscure results from overseas and I am certainly happy that the focus has been put back on the UK, as in my case it makes more interesting reading and has certainly rekindled some of the old enthusiasm that I had lost for the sport. Whilst I appreciate that we have to have an interest in what is going on overseas I feel that certainly major overseas results should be included but certainly not obscure results which could have an adverse effect on the publication of British results so I suppose I would side with the roughly 50/50 split. Bob Care

In the next issue… More of the 800th special edition features in 801, Lugano, Nutrition, Technique, Drugs, Results, Reports, News, Photos… And anything I have missed out of this issue. DON’T MISS IT! -OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Fixtures March B 13th 5 mile Enfield League (2pm) Lee Valley 14th 10 mile Northern Championships Thornton-le-Clay, Yorkshire 14th var EAA Lugano Grand Prix Lugano, SWITZERLAND 20th 5k Bexley Winter League (2pm) Bexley, Kent B 21st 10,000m Sarnia WC Championship 1 Osmond Priaulx, Guernsey 21st var Midland Championships TBC 23rd var South Yorkshire League (6pm) Sheffield 27th - 28th var BMAF Indoor Championships Lee Valley, London 27th 20k Northern Championships (1:30) Simister, Lancashire 27th 10,000m/YAG Slater Bryce Memorial Walks/Sussex 10k Track Champs 27th var EAA Permit Meeting Dudince, SLOVAKIA B 28th 5,000m Sarnia WC Championship 2 Osmond Priaulx, Guernsey B 28th 7 miles Chilcott Cup Albecq to North Side, Guernsey 28th 10k/var HSBC Winter League/10k Champs NSC, Douglas, Isle of Man April B 2nd 5 miles Sudbury 5 (9.17am) Sudbury, Suffolk 3rd - 4th var IAAF Racewalking Challenge Wuxi, CHINA 8th 5k IOMVAC Handicap NSC, Douglas, Isle of Man B 9th 2 mile track Eric Waldron Cup Osmond Priaulx, Guernsey 10th var EAA Permit Meeting Podebrady, CZECH REPUBLIC 11th 10k/20k UK/RWA National 20k Championships/Junior 10k/YAG/England Commonwealth Games Trials Victoria Park, London 11th 1000m/2000m Tipton Games Tipton, West Midlands 17th 10k Northern Championships Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield 17th 2000m/3000m Birchfield Games Alexander Stadium, Birmingham 17th 20k/var IAAF Racewalking Challenge Rio Maior, PORTUGAL B 18th 5k MMAC Road Walk Edgbaston Reservoir, Birmingham (11am) B 18th 1 mile Philadelphia Cup Team Handicap Amarreurs Road, Vale, Guernsey 18th 5k/var Manx 5k Champs/Junior Championships NSC, Isle of Man 18th var Jeff Ford Memorial Walks/YAG GP/Northern Champs Sheffield 23rd var South Yorkshire League (6pm) Sheffield B 24th 10 mile Goodwin Cup (1:30) Chorley, Lancashire B 24th 1000m/3000m LICC/Enfield League/YAG Copthall (11:45am) B 25th 50k/var IOM Fire and Rescue - Sara Killey Memorial Walk Isle of Man B 25th 10k Sarnia WC Championship 3 Delancey Park, Guernsey 25th 50k UKA/RWA National 50k Championships Stokton-on-Tees 25th 3k/5k Somerset Schools/Somerset AAA Champs TBC May 1st 20k/var IAAF Racewalking Challenge Milan, ITALY B 2nd 3k Graham Mann Team Handicap Amarreurs Road, Vale, Guernsey B 3rd 2 mile/5 mile The Pednor Walks - Open/Bucks. Champs Chesham 8th - 9th var County T&F Championships various venues