Year Round Events

Mid-Florida Milers Year Round Events

A Year-Round Event (YRE) is a self-guided, permanent, walking event available most days of the year. The Mid-Florida Milers and other clubs set up permanent starting points, select a trail, draw maps, and write detailed walking instructions. You arrive during the business’ open hours, register, provide a payment, take instructions with a map, and enjoy the route at your pace. Our events in Florida  may include city routes, residential streets, trails, tourist attractions, and good daily exercise routes in our local Orlando communities, Southeast Florida, and The Villages.

Starting points
The starting points are businesses or other facilities. At the start point is a file box (Walk Box) marked with the AVA and Mid-Florida Milers logos. You may have to ask the staff to point it out or help you. The proprietors are not club members, so please be patient with these people who are volunteering to help the club. There are also walks registered online providing a quick method to obtain walk instructions. See Online Registration below.

Registration
Two methods exist to sign up for a walk in the Orlando area. Some walks have both a Physical Start Box (PSB) and an Online Start Box (OSB), others have only one or the other. The Southeast Florida events are Online Starts only. In the Orlando area, you may go to the location noted for those with a Physical Start Box (or where there is both PSB/OSB). The  Find an Event page on AVA.org tells you the options available for each specific event. IVV Event and Distance Credit (a stamp) are available for each separate day. You must register and pay the registration fee each different day you participate. You may walk the route twice for Distance Credit on one start card for one fee on the same day, (e.g. walk 20 km at a 10km YRE walk).

For Physical Start Box locations – Walks are registered and paid locally

Inside the Walk Box is a registration log. Registration fees are required for all adult walkers and minors 13 and over (Minors under 13 are free if not walking for Credit.); every person MUST sign the registration sheet (parents sign for minors). Complete and sign a Registration Sheet, place the sheet and the fee in an envelope, and mail or leave in the “completed envelope” folder (do not mail cash). If you walk for IVV Credit, stamp your record books. IVV Event and Distance Record Books are not available at any YRE Walk Box. Insert cards are provided and can be stamped and submitted with Record Books. Take the walk instructions and walk at your own pace in daytime hours only, enjoying the local area for as long as you desire. The event is ‘open’ when the business is open regardless of the weather.

For Online Start Box locations – Walks are registered and paid online
Registration fees are required for all adult walkers and minors who are walking for credit. To obtain and download instructions you must register through the AVA at my.ava.org.  If you currently have an account, click on the Login tab.  If you need to set up a new account, click on the New Account tab.  For detailed instructions on using the online registration site, use the AVA Tutorial.

Online Registration provides a flexible option since you can start at your time and at any location along the route.

QUESTIONS
If you have questions on any of these procedures, please contact Jenny at jftbbtt@hotmail.com, or call 863.420.0239; P.O. Box 4575, Winter Park, FL  32793.

Disclaimer
The American Volkssport Association or its subsidiary clubs are not responsible for theft or loss of personal belongings or property.