The Capital Region’s ‘Best-Kept Secret’ Alan Longshore guesses he’s walked about 7,000 miles in the last 23 years. The 85-year-old Voorheesville resident has been a member of the Capital Region walking club, Empire State Capital Volkssporters, for that long and continues to meet with the group for their walks twice a week. Before he joined the club, “I did quite a bit of walking,” Longshore says. “Probably for roughly 10 years before that.