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1. The dread you feel seeing this.
2. Or this.
3. THIS is the stuff of nightmares.
4. "Yeahhh baby shake that ass!"
5. Being yelled at for "running" in the hallways.
6. Races before 9AM.
7. Rude clothes like this.
8. How your calves, shins and hamstrings feel after races.
9. Walking like this
10. When you wish you walked like this
11. "Racewalking's not a real track event"
12. When runners try to speed up after you pass them- racewalking.
13. "Racewalking's easy."
14. "Wait... racewalking is in the Olympics?"
15. "I think racewalking's a joke."
16. People who interrupt your training shouting moronic comments from cars
17. Crowded hallways where everyone walks slower than you.
18. Much MUCH slower
19. When TRACKLETES don't know what racewalking is.
20. Teammate(s) and/or you could qualify for nationals and STILL get ignored by your coach/school/local sports columnist
21. "Racewalking's easy, anyone can do it."
22. Having your workout interrupted by people saying you walk funny
23. "Racewalking's not a real sport"
24. "How do you get tired from racewalking?"
25. Racewalking's almost always either the first or last event.
26. Your hips crack. All the time. LOUDLY. And others are like
27. Despite the trials and tribulations, though, we all know racewalkers are an awesome bunch!
28. After all, anyone who knows a sport gets tons of ridicule and STILL does it is a complete badass!
29. Because no racewalker gives a damn what the smallminded think
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