Vancouver International Discovery Walk Festival and Volksmarch and Walking Index

2011 Event News

For 2011, the Discovery Walk Festival will be a single-day of a 5K/10K Family Fun walk, a 15K/25K/50K bike and two 300-meter swims in early April. All events will be volkssport-sanctioned. We will not host IML Walking Association distances in 2011. Dates and location are being finalized.

We welcome additions to our Core Committee to plan for 2011 and rebuild for 2012.

2010 Event Sponsors

We welcome:

Cascade Heart presents the Friday Mayor's Walk.
Veolia Water presents the Sunday Lt. Broughton Walk.
Umpqua Bank
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2010 Discovery Walk Festival
Event	Distance	Count	Total
Friday Mayor's Walk	5 km	212	499
	10 km	287

Saturday Walk	5 km	472	1145
	10 km	316
	21 km	242
	32 km	2
	43 km	113

Sunday Walk	5 km	101	484
	10 km	217
	22 km	166

Sunday Bike	15 km	40	127
	25 km	46
	50 km	41

Sunday Swim #1	300 m	69	119
Sunday Swim #2	300 m	50

Total		2374	2374

Total includes 251 child (free) walkers.
128 no-shows were deducted.

Victoria Volkssport Phoenix Festival
While the IML-sanctioned Victoria, Canada event ceased operation in 2008, walkers are welcomed to enjoy the Victoria Volkssport Phoenix Festival the weekend before our Discovery Walk Festival. It is not an IML event but it is volkssport sanctioned.

ROA-US FreedomWalk Washington, DC.
Now an IML Walking Association Sanctioned Event
Celebrate freedom and international friendship at this 2-day walking festival.

Flags courtesy of ITA's Flags of All Countries used with permission.