By Claire Walter on August 31, 2009
Canadian fitness site features excellent Nordic Walking overview If you ever need to answer someone’s question, “What is Nordic Walking all about?” point him/her to “Nordic Walking for Fitness & Fun: An Introduction to Walking With Poles.” Health and fitness writer Leanne Beattie has done a great job in boiling the basics down to their [...]
Posted in Blog, Canada, Poles, Starting Out |
By Claire Walter on August 30, 2009
European & US events lure Nordic Walkers Details on some of the overseas events are somewhat elusive, but if you’re in the vicinity, do some research: Switzerland September 5: The fourth annual Appenzeller Walking Event in the town of Speicher in eastern Switzerland for serious and strictly recreational participants includes the option of three distances [...]
Posted in Competition, Events, Festival, Switzerland |
By Claire Walter on August 28, 2009
Candy Harrington is the go-to authority for living and traveling with physical disabilities. She is editor of Emerging Horizons, author of a couple of books on accessible travel (including Barrier-Free Travel; A Nuts and Bolts Guide for Wheelers and Slow Walkers) and radio host, whose advice is gospel to people with mobility and balance issues, [...]
Posted in Blog, Book |
By Claire Walter on August 27, 2009
David Downer wears many Nordic Walking hats: advocate, instructor, enthusiast, author, forum owner/moderator, blogger, Twitterer and probably more roles that either I can’t think of right now or that I don’t even know about. He once somehow found time to E-mail regular ‘Newsletter Updates’ to forum members. “Due to other demands on my time, the [...]
Posted in Blog, Media |
By Claire Walter on August 26, 2009
“Ex-Olympian Waves Flag for ‘New’ Sport,” the title of an article in the York Region News, which might still be a print newspaper or might only be available online, indicates that another local news source and another reporter have just discovered Nordic Walking. The article features Gerry Faderbauer of Aurora, Ontario, who leads a group [...]
Posted in Canada, Groups |
By Claire Walter on August 23, 2009
Black Diversion Ditch accessorized by lovely recreational trail My husband and I are in Albuquerque, visiting friends who live in a Southwestern-style subdivision on a hillside on the northwestern side of the city. Their home is filled with art from the region and around the world. Their patio offers a clear view across the valley [...]
Posted in Trails |
By Claire Walter on August 21, 2009
Encouraging the growth of Nordic Walking takes cooperation as well as creativityEarlier this week, I participated in a telephone conference with an ad hoc steering committee for Nordic Walking North America, established to disseminate information about Nordic Walking and promote it. Even it if had a budget, this would be a real challenge. With a [...]
Posted in Organization, Participation |
By Claire Walter on August 20, 2009
Walker-friendly footrace at cool Copper Mountain, high in the Rockies The longest distance in the third annual Copper Mountain US Race Series Half Marathon on Saturday, August 22, is the 13.1-mile half-marathon — daunting for most Nordic Walkers, especially at a resort elevation of 9,712 feet above sea level. But Nordic Walkers, especially those who [...]
Posted in Competition, Events |
By Claire Walter on August 20, 2009
“Twittercize” tickled my fitness fancy. Yours too? In the nearly three years that I have been maintaining this blog, I’ve stuck faithfully to topics that are directly or obliquely but obviously related to Nordic Walking. Through the magic of the Internet, I found Twittercize, whose motto is: Get Fit One Tweet at a Time. Denver [...]
Posted in Blog, Fitness |
By Claire Walter on August 19, 2009
Glowing recommendation for my Nordic Walking book Bill Terwin (right) from Moncton, New Brunswick. blogs as Nordic Walking Maritime Canada, which is devoted to Nordic Walking in the Atlantic provinces. There’s a lot to write about, because Nordic Walking seems resonate with folks there. There are classes, groups and footraces that permit poles. Terwin found [...]
Posted in Blog, Book, Canada, Competition |
