Why walk?

For the last 13 months I've been asked numerous times why I was walking instead of running?
Running was the real sport for the real athlete.

At first I was of the same mindset of my doubters.
Real marathoners were runners, right?
With my myrad of 'ailments' there was no way this 46 year old *ever* finish a half marathon.

Oy was I EVER wrong!

I started training with Team and was happy to see you did not have to run and chose the Walk Team, I could do that!
As a person born in a country where almost everyone walked I felt walking was my forte!

Pretty soon it became clear that walking a half marathon is much harder than running it.
Running a half in 2 hours and you're done.
I walked mine in 3 hours and 32 minutes.