cropped-btw-june.jpgBytown Walkers train year round on the streets and along the pathways of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada’s national capital region. We walk! It is our activity of choice. Walking is a sport in its own right, not a means of preparation for other sports or general cross-training.

As a club, we practice the Race Walking technique – the fastest and most efficient method of walking yet devised. While not everyone will aspire to meet the rules of judged competition, everyone will walk better by moving in easily learned ways towards the technique described in those rules.

Bytown walking programs are geared to 3 streams of walkers:

  • Fitness Walking
  • Competitive Walking
  • Race Walking

You can transform your normal walking into a technique that maximizes fitness benefits for your muscles and your endurance.  If you choose, we can refine your technique so that you can walk competitively, either in community road races, or in specialized race walking 

 

Are you interested in learning to race walk?   Come out & give it a try! 

Next Intro Sessions will be held on Wed Nov 5th 6:30-8:00pm & Sat Nov 8th 8:30-10:00am.

Contact: walkabout@bytownwalkers.ca to sign up.

 

Canadian Race Walk Rankings 2025: Rank25dr05pub

 

FALL CLASSIC RACE WALKS 2025

4th Annual Fall Classic – Sunday Sept 21st, 2025 – Lansdowne Park, Ottawa

AO 20k Championship, Open 10k, 5k, High School Challenge: 1250m

                 Fall Classic 2025 Results: Classic25OfficialResults

Jim Johnston photo gallery 2025: https://photos.app.goo.gl/i5gvryhu8HgDLgPEA