By Claire Walter on December 31, 2007
Wishing you and yours a happy, healthy 2008 and many steps with your Nordic Walking poles.
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By Claire Walter on December 31, 2007
Nordic Walking poles made by well-known companies are designed by those companies and manufactured either by them or to their specifications. House-brand poles made in the Far East often simply carry the label of the North American brand. I am not a materials or manufacturing expert, so I am not implying that all such poles [...]
Posted in Manufacturing, Poles |
By Claire Walter on December 30, 2007
Pete Edwards, promoter of the American Nordic Walking System and distributor of Swix poles, posted an item tantalizingly called “Nordic Walking the Grand Canyon” about a December trip to that gorgeous gorge. The photo is appealing — a group of walkers striding somewhere on the South Rim with what seems to the the snow-covered higher [...]
Posted in Blog, Poles, Travel |
By Claire Walter on December 28, 2007
We’re visiting friends, whose computer I am using right now. Internet Explorer comes up automatically, so I naturally typed ‘Nordic Walking’ into the search engine to see whether this blog came up. I got to the 40s without seeing it. I found numerous other Nordic Walking sites, including all sorts of links to Nordic Walking [...]
Posted in Groups, Participation, United Kingdom |
By Claire Walter on December 26, 2007
The Kettunen Center in Rustin, Michigan, has scheduled a Women’s Wellness Retreat that includes Nordic Walking, snowshoeing and other outdoor recreation options, plus yoga, stress management, healthy cooking and other topics for February 8-14. What a loving gift that keeps on giving to culminate on Valentine’s Day. If that is impossible, a shorter weekend version [...]
Posted in Benefits, Events, Fitness, Winter |
By Claire Walter on December 25, 2007
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By Claire Walter on December 24, 2007
I try to keep up with Nordic Walking websites and blogs as well as with media coverage of Nordic Walking, with health benefits and competition opportunities, and more. Every once in a while, I find a new resource. I am not sure when ABC of Nordic Walking got started, but it’s still fairly slim. It [...]
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By Claire Walter on December 24, 2007
…take a look at a Polish Nordic Walking site, and let us know whether you find anything interesting. I can’t puzzle out enough to decipher whether it is an official site by an organization in Poland or whether it is an individually matained site, but I think it is the latter. Yet I find it [...]
Posted in Blog, Europe |
By Claire Walter on December 21, 2007
I came upon an interesting and tantalizing posting by an English walking enthusiasts’ site by a group called Live for the Outdoors. Titled “Leki stages Nordic Walking event for the blind,” it describes the first event during which LEKI instructors or trainers worked with blind or partially sighted individuals. “Working with completely blind and partially [...]
Posted in Competition, Europe, Events, Groups, Travel |
By Claire Walter on December 20, 2007
No, I haven’t reviewed a bunch of walking shoes, but a free bi-monthly publication called Walk About has done so in a piece about shoes for foul weather walking . I probably should have pointed out the “2007 Trail Shoe Review” before 2007 was so close to being over, but here it is in the [...]
Posted in Media, Shoes |
