Word: laskau
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...huff. One of the favorites, he used a lot of hip-shimmy ("It gives you a longer stride"), and piston-like arm motion ("I try to think I am pulling on a rope"). His eyes were busy too, watching a German refugee (now a U.S. citizen) named Henry Laskau, the man in the lead. Laskau, who took up walking as a sport only two years ago, used less wiggle and a giant stride...
With five laps to go, Laskau began walking away with the race. In third place, Weber's wiggles were becoming less pronounced. (Says he: "If you run fast and you get tired, then you can walk. If you walk fast you get completely exhausted, and there's nothing for you to do but sit down.") Laskau won by about 75 yards over Fred Sharaga, 38, who had taken three weeks off from his engineering job to train for the race. Weber came in third. That qualified all three to be named as the team to walk...
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