Links to other walking sites
"The spirit of Centurionism is strong, and being based on a solid foundation, will endure."
Links
Sites are usually in Dutch unless stated otherwise. Please mail me if any links should be added or updated.
Other Centurion organizations
- Brotherhood of Centurions
- The official website of the official Brotherhood of Centurions in Great Britain. (English)
- Isle Of Man Athletics
- The IOM athletics site with links to the 2006 Centurion race, clubs and the Parish Walk.
- Norfolk 100 Mile Challenge 2005
- An extensive site on the 2005 event in King's Lynn. (English)
- Australian Centurions
- To a homepage created by one of our colleagues down under. They are very active and have an annual event. (English)
- New Zealand Centurions Club
- To the newest addition to the list of Centurions, the New Zealand Centurions. (English)
- American Centurions
- Ullrich Kamm is in charge of the American long distance walks and races. Last year they had their first new American Centurions in a long time.
Paris-Colmar (old)
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The official website of the ultimate walking event: Paris-Colmar. One can only participate after walking 200 km on two 24 hours races in France in one year. From Paris to Colmar is about 530 km. This site also gives the result of all qualifying races in Vallorbe, Roubaix, Bernouville, Charly and alike. (French)
Dutch walking clubs
The Dutch walking unions
- K.N.B.L.O.
- The homepage of the official Royal Dutch Union for Physical Education, the largest walking union.
- N.W.B.
- The Dutch Walking Union, another walking union which organizes the Apeldoorn 4 Days Marches (less people, more nature compared to Nijmegen). There is talk about a merger between the two walking leagues, but making compromises is not the N.W.B.'s greatest talent, so the Netherlands will have the K.N.B.L.O. and the N.W.B. for a little while longer.
- Stichting Lange Afstands Wandelpaden
- This foundation maintains the Dutch Long Distance Hiking Trails.
- W.K.R.O.
- The subsection of the K.N.B.L.O. of Rotterdam and surrounding areas. This is a very nice site in Dutch about walking in and around Rotterdam.
The main Dutch walkingclubs
- R.W.V.
- To the homepage of the Rotterdam Walking Club (Rotterdamse Wandelsport Vereniging). My club. (Dutch)
- O.L.A.T.
- The Olland Long Distance Walkers is a club which organizes lots of events, mainly in the southern part of the Netherlands, around the village of St. Oedenrode. (Dutch)
- F.L.A.L.
- This link leads you to the Frysian Long Distance Walkers, in the north of the Netherlands. (Dutch and English)
- WandelSport '78
- This is the homepage (in Dutch) of WS '78, a club dedicated to organizing 10 marches (of 40 km) every winter throughout the Netherlands. They are famous for their beautiful and high quality walks.
- L.A.T.
- The homepage of the L.A.T. (Long Distance Walkers), operating around Amsterdam. (Dutch)
- Euraudax
- The Dutch part of the international walking organization Euraudax, dedicated to walking various distances (25 up to 150 km) in a group at a constant speed (6 km/h).
- Gouden Kruisdragers
- The new website of the Golden Cross owners. The Golden Cross is the reward for doing Nijmegen ten times or more. In Dutch and English.
Other (regional) Dutch clubs
- Avondvierdaagse Drunen
- Most villages in the Netherlands have an annual evening four days marches event for children. This one, in my native village Drunen, has about 600 participants (between 6 and 12 years old) and a new website.
- Prinses Marijke Geldermalsen
- Christian Walking Club Prinses Marijke from the village of Geldermalsen (in the Betuwe area), well known for their winter walks, Bloesemwalk and night walks (110 and 50 km).
- H.W.U.
- Hengelose Wandel Unie, a club from the east of the country. They host an annual 75 km race.
- w.s.v. Waalwijk '82
- The rapidly growing walkingclub from Waalwijk, who organize walks in Waalwijk and in Drunen.
- W.I.E.G.O.
- W.I.E.G.O. is short for Walking Is A Healthy Leisure, it is a club in Breda, especially known for their marches during the winter (25 or 40 km).
- Koninklijke Luchtmacht
- The homepage of the Royal Netherlands Airforce walking club.
Long distance walks
Kennedymarches (80 km = 50 miles)
- 80 van de Langstraat
- This is the homepage of the 80 van de Langstraat, a 50 miles walk (a so-called Kennedymarch) in Waalwijk. 3000 participants. This page is in Dutch. (The name Kennedymarch comes from president Kennedy of the U.S.A. saying a healthy person should be able to walk 50 miles in 20 hours.)
- Kennedymars Sittard
- This is a Kennedymarch (80 km) in Sittard in the south of the Netherlands. One can participate in the race or walk it just for fun. 100 racewalkers and almost 3000 walkers participate. The page is in Dutch, English and German
- Kennedymars Anna Paulowna
- The newest Kennedymarch in the north of Noord-Holland, organized by the Dutch Royal Navy Walking Club. They now have made some improvements with respect to last year's event (which was already very good) and they have a new website!
- Kennedymars Someren
- Not my favourite Kennedymarch, but it is one of the larger in the Netherlands (about 1800 participants). Near Eindhoven. (In Dutch)
- Kennedymars Haaksbergen
- This is in the east of the Netherlands near the German border (south of Hengelo). It is usually in the same weekend as Waalwijk. They have over 1000 participants.
Other marches
- Bossche 100
- Without a doubt the toughest 100 or 110 km walk in the Netherlands, the Bossche 100. Organized by several volunteers, this walk takes participants on a 100 km hike through forests, across sanddunes, over muddy paths and conquering other obstacles. It is famous for its bad weather (the end of januari) and its typical Dutch food during and after the walk. Only the best 90 to 100 walkers participate each year.
- Nijmegen 4 Days Marches
- The homepage of the greatest walking event in the world (40000+ people), the 4 Days Marches in Nijmegen, hosted by the K.N.B.L.O.. (Dutch and English)
- Death March
- It sounds worse than it is. This is a page of the most famous 100 km march in Belgium. The march takes you through two beerbreweries (Duvel and Palm) on the way. Although some people might tell you otherwise, it is not a very hard walk to do. So this is simply a cool page about a very cool walk. About 6000 people do it each year and half of them drops out. In Dutch and in English and a lot more languages.
- ZtotZ-tocht Zeewolde
- A 110 km walk from Zeewolde, a village in Flevoland. In Dutch.
- Omloop van Goeree Overflakkee
- A 110 km march on the island of Goeree Overflakkee, with 700 people (mainly locals) participating. Beautiful nature and large crowds to cheer walkers. (Dutch)
- International Walking Association
- Formerly the IML, now the IWA, an alliance of several two, three or four days walks around the world. Links to Blankenberge, Diekirch, Viborg... (English)
Other walkers
- Colchester 2004
- Centurion Paul Altena put his Colchester pictures on this site.
- Nappies
- A fellow Airforce officer who likes to walk and take pictures puts all his images on this site..
- Dutch Dream Team
- A group of walkers from the Netherlands (do not confuse them with the RWV/LAT Dream Team). (Dutch)
- Wandel Pagina
- The largest collection of links to various Dutch walking and hiking sites. (Dutch)
Foreign clubs and sites
- Wandelmee.be
- The largest walking site in Belgium, with information, calendars, written and photographic reports and links on all walks in Belgium and the Netherlands (in Dutch).
- Charly
- The Chateau-Thierry and Charly-sur-Marne site, with information on the 24 and 8 hours races in february and march.
- UltraMaraton
- A Spanish site about racewalking and the ultra distances. Includes results, calendars, links and rankings. In Spanish.
- Geher Rundbrief
- The German 'Racewalking Newsletter' site, with racewalking results and links. In German.
- Surrey Walking Club
- The famous British walking club which is associated with the Brotherhood of Centurions, because they are often involved in organizing the Centurionraces.
- YaNoo
- A French walking and running site. Contains information and links, for example about La Transe Gaule, an 18 days race for walkers and runners over 1140 km through France. The site is in French.
- Hvidovre-Koge 100
- A Danish site on long-distance walks in Denmark.
- L.D.W.A.
- The Long Distance Walking Association in Britain.
- Big Walk
- A racewalking event in South Africa with over 25000 participants, distances up to 80 km.
- Stock Exchange Athletic Club
- This British club hosts the famous London to Brighton race walk. (English)
- North American Race Walking FoundationList
- An American race walking site. (English)
- About walking
- An American site containing all sorts of information on (race-)walking. (English)