其實這是我完賽的B計畫，3個月前因打羽球拉傷後腿肌群，休養很久，好不容易可以在今年長堤曙光元旦馬拉松跑出半馬破2的PB。但萬萬沒想到，1月26日學校師生大隊接力衝勁過頭，又再度拉傷同一肌群！ 所以從拉傷至今天賽前，均是休養狀態，完全沒辦法練習，直到賽前受傷肌群壓迫還是會感覺明顯疼痛，一起跑出去就感覺到不能跑！受傷的右腿根本無法負荷蹬腿的衝擊力道，以至於步態完全走樣！ 這當下我只好趕快改成先前跟老婆開玩笑的B計畫(競走拚完賽)，要不然就只能選擇棄賽！不管結果如何？總是要努力過才不會後悔！ 我對競走(Racewalking)就僅限Knowledge！因為要教目前小六的女兒Selina，因此從YouTuBe中搜尋很多相關影片，甚至也試著研讀英文Paper來更深入了解動作技巧，但我都只是看Selina做，自己從未好好練習過！今天算是競走(Racewalking)初體驗。途中上下陡坡，因為小步跑尚可忍痛，速度又較快，所以就用小跑步，其餘均以競走(Racewalking)方式，沒想到真的讓我辦到了，以3小時56分22秒在大會4小時關門前成功完賽。經過這一次的體驗，搞不好在3月15日的台北國道馬拉松，如果傷勢依然未完全復原，可以來挑戰競走(Racewalking)6小時完成全馬。 為何我會有這樣的B計劃呢？因為看過美國網站一篇文章有提到競走的衝擊只有跑步的三分之一。因為我英文很菜，還是附上原文給大家看較恰當。 The beauty of racewalking is that because it involves the entire body it can provide an even better workout than running, but with a smooth, fluid motion that imparts only about a third the impact. Runners work their legs strenuously but racewalkers add a vigorous arm movement and hip rotation. So, you get a huge fitness benefit from a sport that, because of the reduced impact, is about as close to being injury-free as any you will ever find. For runners who find that their joints are suffering from pounding on streets and trails, racewalking can be the answer. Many ex-runners who come over to racewalking because of running injuries find their new sport to be so much more enjoyable and physically rewarding that they quickly lose all interest in running. (quoted in http://austinracewalkers.com/index.html)