By Claire Walter on December 31, 2009
I was just skiing at Snowmass, Colorado, for three days, and I loved every turn. My admiration went to a handful of uphill walkers whom I spotted while lazing on a ski lift. I saw two single women, one single man and one couple with a dog leashed with to a waistbelt. They (they people, not [...]
Posted in Snow, Winter |
By Claire Walter on December 26, 2009
Nordic Walking makes a “trends” list, but with reservations Wendy Bumgardner, who writes about walking for About.com, cited Nordic Walking as one of the top walking trends of the decade, but with a disclaimer. “Nordic walking – walking with fitness walking poles – is big news and big business in Europe,” she wrote. “Trails, resorts, and vacation [...]
Posted in Blog, Competition, Participation, Pedometer |
By Claire Walter on December 18, 2009
I’m messing around with this blog, trying to find a three-column format so that I can accept ads more easily. In the process, I’ve either lost or misplaced — in a cyber sort of way — components. The most difficult to recreate will be the long list of links that I had assembled to connect readers [...]
Posted in Blog |
By Claire Walter on December 16, 2009
INWA National Coaches, France Paquin and Patrice Duclos of Marche Nordïk FP inc (Nordïk Walking FP inc) are hosting a two-day INWA instructor certification course, January 16-17 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. They promise lots of video review and analysis of individual NW technique. The cost is CDN$320 plus tax, which today is US$301.40. The course [...]
Posted in Canada, Certification, Instruction, Winter |
By Claire Walter on December 13, 2009
“Morning Living” hosts and I will talk about snowshoeing I’m being interviewed about snowshoeing on Monday morning, December 14, at 8 a.m. Eastern Time (or a few minutes thereafter) on Martha Stewart Radio (XM Channel 157 and Sirius Channel 112). The show is called “Morning Living,” and the hosts are Kim Fernandez and Betsy Keretnick. [...]
Posted in Media, Snowshoeing |
By Claire Walter on December 9, 2009
Two models, two colors and one low price Dillard’s department stores are located in 39 states, with the greatest number in Texas and Florida. Nine of the 10 Colorado Dillard’s (the Westminster store being the exception) are offering the Reebok DMX (a tie shoe) and DMX KC (left, a hook and loop closure) for men and [...]
Posted in Shoes, Stores |
By Claire Walter on December 6, 2009
Good idea, but no North American and not always Nordic Walking International Fitness Week is scheduled for February 1-7, 2010, and while it is multi-national, it is hardly global. Promoted by Fitness First, a consortium of 540 health clubs in 17 countries, its goal is stated as, “We want to make the world a fitter place [...]
Posted in Asia, Europe, Participation, United Kingdom |
By Claire Walter on December 4, 2009
Every once in a while, something comes into my inbox that was seemingly taken from English, machine translated into some other language and then machine retranslated back into English words but not into anything logical. It’s always good for a giggle. Today’s mystery message came from issue 14 of “Nordic News Weekly” and was relayed [...]
Posted in Blog |
By Claire Walter on December 2, 2009
Downloadable music for Nordic Walkers I hardly ever Nordic Walk alone, so I’m not personally plugged in to the iPod culture. In fact, I got one as a gift more than a year ago, and it’s still in the box. But of course, I know that runners, fitness walkers, treadmillians, stationary bikers, human ants toiling [...]
Posted in Clothing and Accessories |
By Claire Walter on November 29, 2009
Nordic Walking is a slow activity? Not exactly, though Dallas site claims it is Until just a couple of posts ago, it had been quite some time since I came across a qualifier for the Department of Misinformation. but here’s doozy of a post from a Dallas real estate developer or management firm for residents of The [...]
Posted in Dept of Misinformation |
