The members of Racewalk West invite you to come in and enjoy our site. We have a wide variety of skills and talents and we're more than willing to share them with you. The title of this page describes the two basic rules of Racewalking. The rules were put in place to assure that all competitors would proceed by means of a "fair" walk.

There must be continuous contact with the ground, no "flight" phase as you see in running. A racewalker must also maintain a straight leg from the time the foot touches the ground until the hip passes over the foot, this gives us our characteristic wiggle.

And there you have it. That's all the rules you need to know, the rest is technique, strength and endurance.

What are you waiting for, give it a try!