Southern Volksmarcher

The written directions were a little confusing but the map was helpful. We ended up actually doing a modified route which actually took us about 7-8 KM.

After the RSAvolksmarch I went downtown and completed the Capital City Wanderers 10km historic walk. It took me two hours and one minute to complete. Why the pic of the train? Not only starting out, but finishing up too, I had to wait on a train.

First impression: very cheesy attempt by a military MWR to host a volksmarch. At least they are trying. The sad thing is with all the history of the German rocket scientist coming to Huntsville and Redstone Arsenal after WW2 they should build on that history and combine it with their Oktoberfest like FT Belvoir. And utilize the AVA/IVV to run the volksmarch. It (3 mile) was a good course and hope they do make it an annual event...best thing was you got a free bratwurst and beer afterwards. My new shoes were a blessing too. It took me 52 minutes to complete.

I received my New Walker Packet from the AVA which included my first green and blue books. I’ll start this weekend filling them out. I started this past weekend “training” for IVV events.

While stationed in Germany, and later in Italy when I’d travel back to Germany, I would collect a pin from the places I visited. I must have had at least 25. I’m on a quest to find them. I still have a few military related pins and I’ve started buying a few community pins in case I can’t find the original ones.

A long time ago I was a young soldier in Germany. I participated in the annual local volksmarch two of the three years I was stationed there. The certificate and two smaller medals were from the first in 1988. The large medal was the 1989 award. After seeing an advertisement for a Volksmarch on the military post I work on I have decided to begin volksmarching for fun and health. I would have probably started much earlier if I had realized all the opportunities through the American Volkssport Association (AVA; future blog).