GENERAL
ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Many of my articles see the
light of day only once in a particular issue of one of my newsletters.
Here are some that I thought might deserve an ongoing place in the
public arena.
Rules of
Racewalking
Long
distance walking relay attempts in Australia
The All Rounders -
the
various attempts to win all the Vic titles in one year
Crossing to
the Dark side
1937
Winter Season Fixture.pdf
VRWC
COMMUNICATIONS AND HEEL AND TOE.pdf
Are The VRWC
Walks Ever Cancelled.pdf
HISTORY OF PARIS
COLMAR EVENT.doc
1992
Australian Olympic Trials and Selections.pdf
1963
- Jim Gleeson and the Darwin Big Walk.pdf
Australian
20
km
men - record review
Australian
50
km
men - record review
Australian-women-record-review.pdf
Australian
50
mile
- record review
Ever wonder why there was no dedicated history of Olympic racewalking.
So did I so in 2003, I put something together for my own edification.
It's about 6Mb but you are free to download it. It goes up until the
2000 Olympics and is due for an update some day when I get the time.
Right click and choose to save to your hard drive and view it offline.
Tim - Olympic
Racewalking History.doc
I then decided to do the same for the Commonwealth Games. This document
goes up to and includes the 2006 Commonwealth Games walks in Melbourne.
Commonwealth Games
Walks History.pdf
I maintain a history of Australian ultra distance walking in my
capacity as secretary of the Australian Centurions. While not in a
publishable format, it is always being updated and is stored here for
anyone who wants a riviting read!
cent-history.pdf
These
articles, by other people, are worthy of a home so I have also added
them to the archive
Why
are
Australian
Race Walkers Amongst the Best in the World - by Bob
Cruise with comments by others
Bannister-and-the-feats-of-Landy-by-Ray-Smith.pdf
USA
T&F WALKING handbook2000.pdf