Another silly Olympic Sport: Road Walking (also known as Run-Walking, or Race-Walking). It's basically a mini-marathon race (20km for women & 50km for men). But here's the trick.... you can't run! Imagine a race that hinders you from going as fast as you can. Sounds pretty lame-o to me. I'd guess that would have to be one of the most boring events to watch at the games.

I wonder what kind of training you have to go through to qualify for the Olympics in this event? I imagine it looks something like the Bud Light "low carb Olympics" commercials. How do you win in this sport anyway? If everyone is essentially just walking, I guess it all depends on slight variations in technique, length of your stride, and endurance.

I'm certainly not making fun of these athletes. I'm sure they are in great shape and could whoop my ass at "race walking" or even running for that matter. But really, how can you have shit like this at the Olympics but not events like Skateboarding or Rollerblading?

- these thoughts flowed through Jeff's fingers @ 12:42 PM