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HRW sent six walkers to the 2022 version of the Huntsman World Senior Games, which also served as the Utah Senior Games (Oct. 10-12), and they came away with a load of medals in racewalking and power walking. The results can be found in the Results link.

In the opening racewalking event, the 3000 meters, three HRW walkers entered and took 2 Golds and a Silver. The next day was even more impressive when five entrants took 2 Golds, 2 Silvers and a 4th place ribbon. Finally, the 5K yielded 2 Golds a bronze and another 4th place ribbon.

In power walking, Martha McCarter entered the 3000 M and 1500 M races and took Gold in both. Janice Kelble won a Bronze in the only race that she entered in the 70-74 division. Martha and Janice were listed in one higher age division since this event used the Senior Games definition of age (age on Dec. 31).

Congratulations to Martha McCarter, Eileen McManus, Janice Kelble, Maggie McCoy, Pat Durkin, and David Eisenberg. Thanks to Sandy Eisenberg for taking some great pictures. They will be posted in the Pictures link.

Alan returns to road racing. It has been four years since Alan racewalked against runners in a local road race-the Leawood Labor Day 5K in 2018. This year, after recovering from COVID, he decided to try it again-to enjoy the ambiance of the local racing scene and to advertise racewalking. The event was the Oktoberfest 5K in Martin City (135th St, east of Main).

It was a cool (he wore 5 layers) morning and a very hilly route. Alan’s time of 39:40 was fast enough to beat 98 runners and walkers and the only other entrant in the 80-99 division, a 5-years younger 82-year-old. It would have been good enough for an 81.7% age-graded result if the course had been certified and judged.

There are a few more community road races coming up, like the Ward Parkway Thanksgiving Day 5k on Nov. 24 and the Jingle Bell Run on Dec. 4 on the Asperia Campus. Let’s get some more HRW racers to spread the word about racewalking in the local running scene.