# Talk to me about race walking

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 6, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-race-walking/948132 "2021-08-06T00:20:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-race-walking/948132/11 "2021-08-10T03:51:16Z")

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[My take](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sport-would-you-cut-from-the-summer-olympics/650114/98) on this. [My later take](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-olympic-sports-you-want-to-get-rid-of/681968/52) on this.

My problem isn’t that it’s “not not grueling”. So is auto racing.  
My problem isn’t that it’s easy to make fun of. So is baseball.  
My problem isn’t that it imposes excessive restrictions. So does soccer.  
My problem isn’t that it has pedantic rules. So does golf.  
My problem isn’t that it encourages playing dirty, but not _too_ dirty. So does boxing.

My problem is that _it’s no fun at all_. And I’ve heard nothing in the intervening years that suggests that this has changed.

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