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Mission:To Encourage, improve and promote physical fitness and
good community relations through walking for exercise and competition
and for the dissemination of information to the public with regard to the
benefits of walking for health.
We are a NOT FOR PROFIT corporation
The club is geared to the needs of it's members. All proceeds from events and membership fees are used to support and develop the innovative programs
and classes conducted by the New York Walkers Club.

JOIN US. You'll become fit and meet some really nice people.
  Lon Wilson is a longtime walking coach and former national masters 50K racewalk champion. A veteran of more than 100 marathons, he switched from running to walking in 1979. Lon serves as the executive director of the New York Walkers Club, coaches the Eastside Racewalk Team, and coaches the racewalk teams of the New York City Public School Athletic League and the Empire State Games. He leads walking groups at selected NYRR races.
Executive Director: Lon Wilson
USATF Referee--Race Walking, USATF Certified Coach
Email: wilson@pouch.com
Phone: (718) 588-0441
 
   
  Founder: Jake Jacobson
Coach to 7 Olympic racewalkers. and many national champions,champion teams.
Author to "Healthwalk to Fitness
Email: walkcoach@adelphi.net
   
 
 
Vice President: Richard Harper PhD
Email: RHunion@optimum.net
 
 
 
Secretary: Marian Spatz
USATF Race Walk Official
Email: Marian1010@verizon.net
 
 
Editor in Chief: Rose Savage Jackman MPH
A.C.E. Certified Group Fitness Instructor
Clinical Instructor, Sports Medicine, S.U.N.Y. Downstate Med. Ct.

USATF Certified Level 1 Coach
Email: getfit@healthprosperity.net
Phone: (917) 453-4538
Fax: (718) 270-2241
 
Assistant Editor in Chief: Dennis Gawrys
Email: dgawrys@rcn.com
Phone: (212) 217-6266
 
 
Webmaster: Dino Riojas
RRCA/USATF Certified Coach
Email: CoachDino@aol.com
Website: http://www.coachdino.org