REAL -World Record Walk

Thanks for helping Ontario set a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of people walking one kilometer simultaneously. We had a total of 100 walkers: 32 at Cornelia Court and 68 at Centennial Park.

Preliminary results are 134,100 walkers in Ontario and a Canada-wide total of 197,284. It will take about six weeks for Guinness to verify the submissions and give us the Ontario-wide total.

See some photos of the event.

How:

Meet at Centennial Park or Cornelia Court no later than 12:15 on Wednesday.
In Centennial Park, meet near the fountain. Route will be a circuit around the parks.
At Cornelia Court, meet near the grassed area on the northwest side of the complex. Walkers will do a marked circuit twice.
We need to document the number of participants so be prepared for a counting procedure and a group photo.
Everyone will start walking together at 12:30
A one kilometre route will be laid out.
It is expected to take about 20 minutes.
Official witnesses will submit letter confirming the walk took place.
REAL will submit official count form.

You can help!

come and walk on Wednesday, October 3
bring a friend or family member - almost everyone can walk
get your co-workers to come (carpool if you need to drive)
put up a poster at your workplace. We chose these locations so it would be easy to do on a lunch break for many area employees.
organize an event at your school or workplace
spread the word

Why? The Ontario World Record Walk is organized by Green Communities Canada with support from the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion’s Communities in Action Fund. REAL is a member of Green Communities Canada. The Climate Change Action Team (CCAT) of REAL is taking this on to promote a culture of walking in Smiths Falls.

Join the Walkolution!

Other neat stuff:

The current record held by Western Australia with 100,915 participants in September 2006.
Other provinces are also participating: Alberta, which held the record in 2005, has already accepted the challenge, and so has British Columbia.
900 events have been officially registered
Organizers are expecting 300,000 participants across Ontario
This coincides with International Walk to School Day

Read more on the World Record Walk site.