Dave McGovern

Welcome to Dave's World! I'm Dave McGovern, a globe-trotting racewalking coach and a member of the US National Racewalk Team with a master's degree in sport science from the United States Sports Academy.

During my 25-year competitive career I've won 13 U.S. National Championships and have walked 20 kilometers (12.4 miles--one of the two Olympic distances for men) in 1:24:29--a 6:48 per-mile pace--which ranks me as the fastest American ever to not make an Olympic Team. (Onward to 2012!)

To support my racewalking habit, I've been leading week-long training camps and weekend racewalking/marathon walking clinics all over the globe since 1991. Many of my clinic alumni have lost weight, bounced back from heart disease and diabetes, completed marathons, and many have won masters racewalking championships and set age-group world records.

As a private coach, I've had ten of my athletes qualify for the United States Olympic Track & Field Trials. I also coach the national team of Ghana, West Africa, I'm the National (U.S. and Canada) Coach for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation's "Team Challenge" Half-Marathon Walk Team, and I'm one of the two coaches for the U.S. team at the 2008 World Cup of Racewalking in Cheboksary Russia.

In addition to coaching racewalking, I'm a writer for Walk! Magazine, and the author of The Complete Guide to Marathon Walking, The Complete Guide to Racewalking Technique and Training and Precision Walking. I also spend WAY too much time "tweaking" this site--I hope you enjoy my efforts!