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

It should offer a great vantage point for watching triathlon, road cycling, marathon and race walking events.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

Both the marathon and race walking events at the Games were moved 500 miles north of Tokyo to Japan's northern city of Sapporo because of the summer heat in Japan's capital.

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

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)