- 30 min in
The Slovakian seems to be walking away with it.
- 40 min in
Shitting themselves and fainting is NOT TO BE EXPECTED until 2-3 more hours.
- 50 min in
Just in case you don't know, the rules demand the race walkers to have one foot on the floor at any time and the front knee must not be bent. There's judges who give out warnings.
- ??? min in
OK they got open air showers now, mind you, they're not slow, they do the 50 km in 3,5 hours. Marathon runners do 42 km in 2:0x hours in comparison.
- ???? min in
They still show decathlon hurdles while 50 people are waddling through China - WHYYYYY?

They walk faster than me on a bike.
Cheats?

THIS IS WHY WE NEED ESPORTS ON TV

Anyone remember the Malcolm in the Middle episode where his father becomes a Speed Walker. He becomes the best in town because he finds out the other guy lifts his feet off the ground a few milimeters and is in fact a simple jogger???

i actually remember that

Bonus Image? Did you two click it?

rofl that was amazing.

yes!

uk had a heatwave and it was 32c or something

lol, I did long distance track running when it was 46C. At least we had an optional second lane water spray tunnel each lap. Ain't nobody got time for that though :D

london was probably hotter, inner london is normally 10c hotter then the rest of the country because of pollution

then the olympic road race is towards the end so pollution had 2 weeks to build up

10c hotter? ouch

This is what I learned from this topic.

London sounds like cancer.

This was actually about the China IAAF event this morning...

Do you have a team already or do you wanna team up and create one? We seem to miss eachother on irc!

look at him! he's making journal posts! bask in the wisdom of the T1E.

reasons why you mock him all the time?
just out of curiosity.

i am praising the T1E, he is amazing

reasons why you praise him all the time?
just out of curiosity.

Because he is amazing.

For the heck of it I'm guessing

Because of the Reason.

because T1E