Walking a marathon at late pace

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Kieren May 2016 7:29pm, 3 May 2016 3,807 posts	0 Kieren I always wondered what a walking marathon time could be so I timed my walk to the train station today which was a bit of a rush. At my walking pace of 6:50 min/km, sustained, that would give a marathon time of 4:48:20 What's your walking / commuting marathon time? ( I realise I couldn't sustain that walking pace for marathon distance - jogging would be more efficient) Also, I know some clubs do speed walking events - what sort of pace over distance to you guys hit?
Kieren May 2016 7:31pm, 3 May 2016 3,808 posts	0 Kieren pace calculator at the link coolrunning.com
Ndwdave May 2016 8:05pm, 3 May 2016 45 posts	0 Ndwdave 50 mile walking record is 7:23. Pretty lively
stuart little May 2016 8:13pm, 3 May 2016 1,090 posts	0 stuart little Extrapolating from the 3:23 50k wr, peak walking marathon pace would be around 6:51/mile (2:59:xx)!
Kieren May 2016 8:14pm, 3 May 2016 3,810 posts	0 Kieren wow - I would never miss a train at that pace
Ndwdave May 2016 8:21pm, 3 May 2016 46 posts	0 Ndwdave Parkwalk would be fun
Bazoaxe May 2016 8:34pm, 3 May 2016 10,043 posts	0 Bazoaxe You cannot walk at 6:51mm pace.....these guys are running
jdarun May 2016 9:25pm, 3 May 2016 847 posts	0 jdarun Well my wife says I never get both feet off the ground together - and her photos pretty much support that. So I must be sub-3 walking IIRC some careful analysis of race walkers proved that they basically all ran. The role of judges seems to be to decide how blatant the running is allowed to be before disqualifying them.