As much as I’d like to say it’s an English made up sport. That no one else wants to say, as a kid or an adult ,I’ll race walk you to that tree , never happened you must always have a foot on the ground because you are going to fast if you leap and bound keep at least one foot on the earth because it’s most natural.
Zarkalarkdarkwingd t1_j9spfh8 wrote
Reply to TIL Pedestrianism was a 19th-century form of competitive walking, often professional and funded by wagering, from which the modern sport of racewalking developed. by I-Skeleton
As much as I’d like to say it’s an English made up sport. That no one else wants to say, as a kid or an adult ,I’ll race walk you to that tree , never happened you must always have a foot on the ground because you are going to fast if you leap and bound keep at least one foot on the earth because it’s most natural.