{"id":713,"date":"2025-11-01T14:14:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T19:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/?p=713"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:49:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:49:04","slug":"alan-poisner-racewalking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/alan-poisner-racewalking\/","title":{"rendered":"91-year-old racer is walking example of the benefits of exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As a physician and a professor of pharmacology at KU Medical Center from 1968 to 2001, Alan Poisner devoted his career to understanding the human body at a microscopic level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou might call it basic cellular endocrinology,\u201d Poisner, m\u201960, says of his research focus. \u201cAn advantage of the MD degree is I could go in different directions, whereas PhDs usually focus on one area for their whole career. I worked on all levels of investigation from subcellular to molecular to tissue to whole animal\u2014the whole spectrum.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poisner\u2019s research continued even after retirement, and it isn\u2019t over yet. But his life outside the lab has yielded some similarly long-term insights into the human body\u2019s capabilities on a more macro level: For the past four decades, Poisner has been a competitive racewalker, setting records and winning medals in events sanctioned by state, national and international athletic organizations. And now, the 91-year-old Overland Park professor emeritus is often outpacing younger athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Alan-Poisner-KU.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Alan-Poisner-KU.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Alan-Poisner-KU-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Alan-Poisner-KU-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Alan Poisner<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Racewalking, which grew out of a British tradition of long-distance competitive walking, was among the original events in the first English Amateur Athletics Association meet in 1888, and it was introduced as an Olympic sport in 1908. Typical distances range from 3000 meters (1.9 miles) to 100 kilometers (62.1 miles). The only two rules are that competitors must maintain foot contact with the ground at all times and that the leading leg must remain straightened from the point of contact with the ground until the walker\u2019s body passes over it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The technique takes time to master, because it\u2019s not a natural gait for humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat a lot of people don\u2019t appreciate is the walkers are moving their legs just as fast as the runners,\u201d Poisner notes. \u201cThe elite guys now go 200 steps a minute, and that\u2019s just as fast as the runners go. So why is it that the runners get ahead? Their stride is so much longer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the National Senior Games in Iowa in July, Poisner won four medals and set records for the 90-94 age bracket, the fourth age division in which he holds an NSG record. In his first event of the meet\u2014a 5K road race in which he was the only racewalker in a field of more than 300 runners\u2014he took silver in his bracket (finishing behind a runner who set the all-time record) and finished ahead of two dozen younger competitors. A day later, he won gold in the 90-94 bracket in the \u201cMile for the Ages\u201d run, racewalking the mile in 11:52, again posting a faster time than many runners in lower age brackets. The following week, he added medals in 1500-meter and 5K racewalks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those triumphs followed a gold-medal performance in the 3000-meter walk at the World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships in Florida in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Competitive-racewalking.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Competitive-racewalking.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Competitive-racewalking-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Competitive-racewalking-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Alan Poisner follows a training plan developed by renowned racewalking coach Dave McGovern, who has presented clinics to the Heartland Racewalkers. Poisner\u2019s weekly regimen includes two days of high-intensity interval training, two days of strength and balance training, one long walk (currently 5 to 6 miles) and \u201ca couple of days of doing absolutely nothing.\u201d He likes to explore new neighborhoods and trails on his outings, citing time outdoors as one of the things he enjoys most about walking.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Medals and records, while nice, aren\u2019t the only (or even the most important) benefit of racewalking for Poisner, who also helps introduce others to the sport through the <a href=\"https:\/\/heartlandracewalkers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heartland Racewalkers<\/a>, a Kansas City club he helped found in 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a natural-born teacher,\u201d says his wife, Sharon Lowenstein Poisner, PhD\u201983. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t lecture; he leads by example, just by being who he is. And he likes giving back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poisner started racewalking at 52. He had played tennis competitively for many years, then got into running in his 40s but sustained an injury that led to a recommendation for back surgery. To avoid surgery, he stopped running \u201ccold turkey,\u201d and the injury healed. He turned to racewalking after Debbi Lawrence, an Olympic racewalker, started a racewalking club in Kansas City. Poisner credits Lawrence and her trainer husband, Don, as well as the club\u2019s \u201colder\u201d walkers\u2014they were then in their 70s and 80s\u2014for helping him learn the sport. A key influence was Jean Brunnenkant, who began racewalking at 75 and was still competing at 95. \u201cShe\u2019s my role model,\u201d Poisner told The New York Times for a story that appeared in The Athletic in July. \u201cShe lived to 103.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now it\u2019s his turn to be a role model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI enjoy it. What I tell everybody when they start, the first thing is don\u2019t hurt yourself. But the second thing I tell people is have fun. If it\u2019s not fun, you\u2019re not going to keep it up. If it\u2019s something where you\u2019re having fun and it helps your body physically and mentally, that\u2019s terrific.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citing the growing research consensus that having a strong social network is as important as a healthy diet and an active lifestyle for aging well, Poisner extols the benefits of the relationships he has built through the sport, from the regulars he sees weekly at Heartland Racewalkers to the competitors he\u2019s faced in races across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got friends all over the country and even around the world. Some I\u2019ve known for 20 years. 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