This is an Olympic Sport?!?!?

I am watching Universal HD's coverage of the Olympics, and I am watching these women struggle...putting all of their efforts into an excruciating battle against weather, fatigue, and the stress of beating their fellow woman to an Olympic gold. "A real battle for the silver medal!" is what someone was just saying on TV. A battle. What sport is this? RACE WALKING!!!!!

Walking. Excuse me, Race Walking. These men and women are competing in Race Walking. Race Walking. Am I the only one who sees the extreme oxymoron here? They're walking....WALKING! And this Russian lady is going to get $150,000 from the Russian government and a house for winning the Race Walking competition????? I even feel bad capitalizing Race Walking when I write it. I agree that the Olympics are, outside of USA Basketball, a great thing....fun to watch, even if the Chinese are cheaters. They create legends like Michael Phelps, who I firmly believe was the offspring of his mother and a dolphin. But, come on. Race Walking? Heel, toe, heel, toe, heel, toe. That's the sport...something that is learned before you can speak. I don't get it. Now, if you heavily sedated a lion and covered the runner in blood, that would be a sport, and fun. Or, how about we make the Race Walker keep a steady exact speed throughout the entire race, and every time he/she slows down or picks up speed in the slightest, they are cattle prodded by the Chinese people whose homes were razed when the government took over their property to create the course.

I've got an idea for a sport that would be fun to watch, at least better than watching people walk and then cheering with the faint smell of pride that they just finished putting one foot in front of the other quicker that 20 other people.

1. The 200 Meter K-9 Unit Run- Young amateurs jump out of a moving vehicle and run for their life in a 200 meter sprint. Winner gets the gold if they cross the line before Poochie gets 'em in the shortest amount of time. Degrees of difficulty could be 10 points for carrying a TV and not being caught, 5 points for not letting the bag of cash break open during the run, and various 1 point totals for things like cursing the dog at the finish line, flashing a gang symbol, or quoting an Ice-T album upon canine takedown.

Race Walking.....my God.