The magazine was founded in London in 1941 by Alf McSweeney [1] in order to keep athletes serving as soldiers in World War II informed about their sport back home.

Alf McSweeney was president of the Race Walking Association at the time, and a printer by trade.

The magazine started as a monochrome newsletter, later progressing to full colour, and has varied between 8 and 40 pages in length over time.

In June 2009 the first special edition of the magazine was produced as a way of encouraging people to take part in more walking events and increasing awareness of the sport.

The first special edition the 2009 Clerical Medical Parish Walk, an event which saw nearly 2,000 walkers in an 85-mile multi-stage race on the Isle of Man.