Second, the running and walking breaks are getting shorter. They say that run-walk training helps them build endurance while avoiding injuries - a combo that leads to faster performances. Nearly a half-century later, the run-walk movement is both going strong and morphing in several unexpected directions.įor one, it has been adopted by a handful of elite triathlon coaches and athletes. His chief training officer, Chris Twiggs, says more than a million runners or walkers have interacted with Galloway in one form or another since 1973. Since then, Galloway has spread the gospel of run-walk-run (as he calls it) to legions of runners, from beginners to aspiring sub-3:00 marathoners. He: “No huffing and puffing.” In other words, when you start feeling out of breath, stop running. But it worked, producing to a PR, and proving the method is not just for inexperienced neophytes.Ī few years earlier, in 1973, Galloway had imposed an ironclad rule on his students in a beginning running course. “It was embarrassing at the time,” he admits. At that 1980 Houston Marathon, he ran to each mile marker, then pulled over to the side of the road for a walk break. “My next several years were just stellar,” he says. To achieve this, he began to incorporate run-walk sessions in his training. I came up with a new personal mantra: ‘Run Injury Free.’” “I wallowed in my misery for a bit, and then realized I needed a different goal. “I thought, ‘Okay, maybe I’ve reached the end of my improvement curve,’” he recalls.
He had injuries, suffered through races far slower than his expectations, and began feeling “down” about his running. In 1978 Galloway remembers hitting a low point in his training and racing. It’s also his personal record, and it came eight years after he made the 1972 Olympic team in the 10,000m. Jeff Galloway almost certainly holds the record for a run-walk marathon - he ran a 2:16:35 at Houston in 1980 while taking a brief walk break each mile.
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