speed walking

Her favorite fitness activity, according to her MySpace page, is speed walking.

At age 11, Winsents won the gold medal in a Scandinavian speed walking competition.

Speed walking was accomplished via a program called UO Extreme.

It's more like speed walking.

His hobby is speed walking.

Because of their relatively small size, these muscles are prone to fatigue quickly when asked to exert large amounts of force during high speed walking.

Like speed walking, the kick and glide combines a push off of one foot with a dynamic stride forward on the other foot.

Mr. Haywood, a strapping man who had a heart transplant 15 months ago, no longer plays football, but he can swim and go speed walking.

Power walking/speed walking is often confused with racewalking, which has rules to define what counts as walking fast and is also a popular Olympic level event.

Li Aidong, a researcher with the China Institute of Sports Science, said coaches believe Chinese athletes could be successful in long jumping, high jumping and speed walking.

Athlete Nils Duerinck tells me about a similar exercise ahead of the Beijing Olympics four years ago, which involved three days of assault courses, speed walking and mock rescues on a Belgian army base.

Plus, I had decided before the start of the race that I would run the whole race no speed walking, no jogging, just actual running, giving it all I had so at the end I would know I'd done my absolute best.

There is an absolute limit on an individual's speed of walking (without special techniques such as those employed in speed walking) due to the upwards acceleration of the center of mass during a stride - if it's greater than the acceleration due to gravity the person will become airborne as they vault over the leg on the ground.