For a while I have been bemoaning the lack of race walking coaches. I feel that my walking has plateaued and that I need to learn the race walking technique to progress further. I have contacted the Race Walking Association (RWA) who promised to send me an introductory pack (received nothing). I contacted Birchfield Harriers…
Race Walking
Searching for a Coach
No, I’m not looking for a cheap ride to London but someone who can teach me to race walk. A year or so ago, I tried Birchfield Harriers and went for a few trial sessions. Unfortunately, the race walk coach was nowhere to be found and I ended up getting put with a nice chap…
Cannon Hill parkrun
Back to the ‘normal’ Saturday pattern after deviating for last week’s Rowbotham’s Round Rotherham effort. Wanting to do something local, my nearest, unvisited, parkrun was Cannon Hill Park. I didn’t want the hassle of driving across town then parking up etc. so drove to work in Digbeth and used the couple of miles walk to…
Workout
Although I walk a lot, I wouldn’t say that I was fit. I have almost zero upper body strength. I can walk and walk but anything that involves the core will stump me. While asking for advice on starting race walking, a lot of people have said that I need to have a strong core…
Babbs Mill
As I’m officially on a taper week before next Saturday’s fifty miler around Rotherham, my long walk of the week would only need to be ten miles. I started early with a couple of dog walks getting four miles on the clock. After breakfast, I changed into shorts in readiness for today’s parkrun. As I…