race walking

NOUN

very fast exercise walking

Synonyms

WEAK

PowerWalking health walking heel-and-toe racing heel-and-toeing speedwalking walking for speed

Example Sentences

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In practice, contemporary house churches might gather in parks for Olympic-style race walking sessions, listen to a sermon on their headphones, and discuss it as they finished.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

The marathon and race walking events for instance, were held 800km north of Tokyo where the climate is slightly cooler.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2021

And specifically race walking fans, I know it’s a big day for you.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2021

The marathon and race walking events were moved to Sapporo because of the heat that was plaguing Tokyo.

From Fox News • Aug. 2, 2021

Life must have been noble and solemn to those free-footed, loose-robed fathers of the human race, walking hand in hand with God under the great sky.

From Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)