It is nearly a year now that I completed the wonderful MOON WALK in London, UK  together with my friend Jo. For sure it was a challenge, it was exhausting to walk all night after waiting all day for the event to start - and also a bit crazy to walk a  Moonlight-Marathon dressed up in a Bra :-) BUT - I did promise myself to enter an "active" Fundraising Event every year, as long as possible. 

Since walking the OXFAM Trailwalker Sydney, Australia in 2013, I am very much attracted to long distance walking. However having a busy life and family commitments I am unable to walk several hours a day, so I try to sign up for at least one (crazy) challenge every year.  In 2014 I walked - together with my husband the half distance of the  "WIENRUNDUMADUM" - a back then brand new long distance walk around Vienna - as the name suggests. We managed to stay just under 12 hours for the 64 k's - and already back then I knew, that I really want to try the full distance as well. 

Wien Rundumadum is an Ultra Trail Run around the City of Vienna and is happening for the third time this year. The event will take place on October 29th , 2016  which is a wonderful date this year, as my kids school will be closed on the Monday after due to the public holiday on Tuesday. I therefore will take the day off work as well - which means there will be some days to recover - because walking takes a LONG, LONG time. If I want to walk the 130 k's - I have to take into account that this will take at least 30 hours - if not longer. Starting on Saturday at 7am would therefore result in finishing (hopefully) somewhen Sunday afternoon - and no way I would be able to go to work on the monday after such an effort...  
Again I could convince my husband to join in which is great - when walking (especially long distances) there always is a lot of time to talk and reflect - and it is good to have company. We also invited our neighbour from Upper Austria - how is 66 years old (!) but really fit - he completed the 68 k's last year - and I think that he could do the 130 as well...  - but we don't stress about finishing anyway, one never knows what happens on such an exhausting, long distance walk - important is, that we are attempting on finishing, and that we ARE entering the challenge... 

To make it worth while - we'll do it for a good cause, and people can donate! 
Lot's of things to prepare, too many creative ideas at the moment - but there is still time - and for now it is only physical training that has to start - and did start already. I'm now running 5 k's at least once a week - and I will have to increase distance and frequency. Therefore there will be a few little interim-events before the big event - I keep you posted :-) 

 




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​Proudly walking again - this time guiding the international crowd through Viennas 15th district on behalf of  Wildurb. 

A stroll through the south of Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Vienna’s 15th district. A forgotten part of town, finally waking up from its slumber. Starting at the underground station Längenfeldgasse, we will visit a ‘guerrilla gardening’ project in a hidden corner near a skate park. The walk continues to Sparkassaplatz – an area which is more than just a roundabout, and has the potential of a traffic hub. The revitalization of the street Reindorfgasse was based on creativity and was intended to induce the revival of the shopping street. An attractive meeting place in the neighbourhood is Schwendermarkt, where the future of a rescued market can be discovered. A few steps away the tour will end at Schwendergarten, where the participants can see an evolving community garden amidst the concrete jungle.

Registration for the conference, and the opportunity to be part of my walk here, or just turn up at U4/U6 Längenfeldgasse on Friday, 23rd Oktober, 3pm and walk with me :-) 

On Monday I made an effort to join the very first AFTER WORK WALK, organized by Wildurb that great company/community I already told you about on this blog. It was a great little event, hosted by Bella, a passionate "URB" who guided us - more or less  along the "Stadtwanderweg" through the Prater Allee... 

To me, still a newbie to Vienna, this was an amazing insight in how green Vienna is just a few steps away from the very busy, and not so attractive Prater Stern. It was great to see that  "URBS" who joined the event on Facebook, did turn up in "reality" as well. Although we'll have to work on those numbers. It was 17 "going" - at the actual event we were 7 walkers... joined by Nicolas - a "WALK IN" - who happily joined our little walking community along the way... 

If anyone out there is interested in the "Walking topic" - and I guess you would be, why would you read this otherwise - I'd suggest you like them on facebook here to join the community and be up to date with their work... and walks :-)

I'll be definitely trying to join the next Event again! 

 Vienna will host this year's international 
"Walk21 Conference" from 20 to 23 October 2015. 
The motto “stepping ahead” promotes activities and innovations towards the future of our resilient cities and healthy living environments.

Vienna, one of the most liveable cities in the world will - together with experts from around the globe - will share insights and expertise on how to step ahead in urban development and on how to be a walkable city. The Walk21 Conference brings together experts from the fields of walking promotion, research, policy, planning and delivery. It is an opportunity to learn from international experience and to showcase local challenges and solutions. 

Main themes of the conference:

• Walking towards new public spaces
• Walking towards resilient cities
• Walking towards safety and health
• Walking together
  

The conference will be attended by more than 700 delegates from all continents. And I'm already very excited to be part of it, hosting a "walkshop" for WildUrb on Friday 23rd of October 2015. I will keep you updated here, as the event comes closer :-) 

It's happening again! I signed up for my second fundraising walk after the Oxfam 100 k Trailwalker in Sydney 2013. Back then I promised myself that I wanted to challenge me again to do something similar one day... Well, a few month back, quite randomly I found out what my next goal would be...
The upcoming MOON WALK 2015 in London. It is a nocturnal charity marathon held annually in London, a fantastic event that involves almost 17,000 people taking on either the Half Moon (half-marathon distance), or the Full Moon (marathon distance) walks. Walkers decorate their bras to raise awareness of breast cancer, resulting in a unique experience. The MoonWalk London is organised by Walk the Walk, an organisation that continues to support Breakthrough Breast Cancer and other breast cancer charities.

If you are interested and want more information, check out the WEBSITE or this video of last years Moon Walk. 

If you want to donate to me and my friend Jo - who are taking on this years challenge, go ahead and follow this link:

https://moonwalklondon2015.everydayhero.com/uk/joandsilvie