Walking is not just for retired runners. Race walking is an excellent low-impact alternative to running. Gauteng has an active race walking community with several dedicated walking races during the year including a 10Km race alongside of our August half marathon.
Randburg Harriers has the oldest dedicated walking section in the region with members regularly ‘bringing home the silver’. 
Walkers take part in the club time trials on Thursdays at 17h45, completing 5 km and on Saturday mornings at 06h45 (NOTE: This is 15 minutes earlier than the runners) completing the same 8 km course as the runners.
A walking clinic is held on the first Saturday of each month starting at 07h00 on the cricket field for both beginners and intermediate walkers.  This clinic is also excellent for runners who are looking to improve their hill walking.
Each year walking races (including our two helper’s races) are nominated for the Charles Dale Trophy. The trophy is awarded to the walker completing 5 of these events in the fastest time overall. The nominated races for 2010 are:

1/24	Bobbies	10km
2/6	Valentines Helpers Race	10km
2/28	Township Marathon	10km
5/1	Sowetan Big Walk	10km
6/20	RAC 10km Road Race	10km
7/11	10km Walk & Run	10km
7/25	702 Walk the Talk	30/15km
7/31	21/10km Helpers race	10km
8/29	Matthews Motsharateu	10km
9/12	Citizen/Gerald Fox Memorial	5km
9/26	City2City Marathon	21km

The time trial trophy will be contested over a single time trial on 16th October. We will compete over the 5km Thursday route.
Other trophies awarded in the walking section (and open to runners who occasionally walk) are:
The Walker of the Year Trophy is presented annually to a walker who is an active club member, but is not necessarily a top walker. The Rowan Dunstan Memorial trophy is awarded to a person showing courage and determination in their walking. The Long Distance trophies (ladies and gents) are awarded to the best time for the Discovery/702 30Km Walk the Talk in July.