Erin Taylor-Talcott Hits the 50K Wall in Racewalking

Erin Taylor-Talcott recently achieved a qualifying time for the 2012 Olympic trials in the 50-kilometer racewalk. But there's little room left after that.

So Taylor-Talcott sought for two months to gain entry into the men’s race at the United States trials, to be held Jan. 22 in Santee, Calif. The 50K (31-mile) racewalk remains a lingering vestige of inequality in international track and field, a sport that for decades prohibited women from competing in Olympic distance events from the half-mile to the marathon.

Full Article - Heather Ainsworth for The New York Times