Curt Sheller's Race Walking World

My original Racewalking web pages that where located at:
www.monmouth.com/~csheller/racewalking/ have been "finally" removed. I will be revising them and they will be hosted right here with my curtsheller.com sites. They will be a smaller, more streamlined version.

(Year 2003 update) Some people might be wonder what I've been up to in the past 4-5 years. Well its been hectic since moving back to PA from good old Asbury Park, NJ. I've been throught a few contract programming jobs and yet another downsizing. So I've made the plunge and have become a full time musician. I'm balancing the music gig with teaching guitar and bass (60+ students), started a publishing company and recorded a jazz CD. Check out my new CD at curtsheller.com for the recording part and my jazzguitarresources.com web site for my publishing bit.

Please adjust your bookmarks and links to point to my new site. Thank you and happy walking.

On with the "race walking, marche, marcha, marche olympique, caminata, kapgang, kappgang, gehen, snelwandelen, gang, ..." is brought to you by me Curt Sheller.

Defination: Race Walking is a progression of steps so taken that the walker makes contact with the ground so that no visible (to the human eye) loss of contact occurs. The advancing leg must be straightened (ie., not bent at the knee) from the moment of first contact with the ground until in the vertical position. Disqualification for failure to adhere to the above definition is governed by Rule 39.3.

The full rule can be found by following this USATF Racewalking link: USATF Rules

A world class walker can walk the 20 kilometer Olympic distance averaging 6:20 a mile for the 12.4 miles.

Personal Information & Articles by Me (Curt Sheller)

Steps Per Minute Calculation Methods - Start on the road to better racewalking technique. Figure out just how many steps per minute you are taking and your average stride length. Remember "pace = stride length x steps per minute"

Publications (Schedules, News & Results)

The Ohio Racewalker published by 1964 20k walk Olympian Jack Mortland. Subscriptions are $12.00 per year ($15.00 outside the U.S.) from:

Ohio Racewalker
3184 Summit St.
Columbus OH 43202

My Personal Racewalking Web Pages

• Language - Translations of Racewalking and or walking as spoken around the world. Pretty entertaining stuff.
• My Yearly PR's - 1996, 1997, 1998

Racewalking Quick Links

• WikipediA - Racewalking