If you’re a runner prone to injury and joint problems, you may need to take up race walking. Just be prepared to look like you need the loo
Like most joggers, I’m no stranger to injury. Whether it’s a wonky knee, popped calf or tweaked hamstring, there always seems to be something wrong. But over the past few years, the number of days when I’ve been injured has slowly outnumbered the days when I could actually go for a run, and I realised I needed a different outlet for my desire to keep moving.
Then, quite literally, I stumbled across the solution – race walking. Yes, that’s right, the sport where the athletes look as if they’re bursting for the loo and are all on some mad quest to find the last unoccupied cubicle. There they go, shimmying along, buttocks clenched, drenched in sweat, snake hips swaying! Funny isn’t it, until you try it, that is …
