Amsterdam Marathon Oct 10

[ladyrunner]

Yes I'm practising the proper race-walking technique. With race-walking over a few months of consistent training you can build up your speed and technique to be able to train at a high pulse rate, therefore getting all the benefits of running but without the impact, which in my case over a matter of time causes injuries.

For a brisk training walk of 7 miles I am comfortable walking at 150 bpm which takes me 68 minutes, but today I raced 7 miles walking in London which took 60:30 at an estimated 165-170 bpm. I wasn't wearing my pulse monitor but I was walking as hard as I would have been if I was doing a running race.

Julie