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By Claire Walter on May 28, 2013
TR3 added to top strapless pole line A quarter of a century ago, a cerebral runner named Tom Rutlin began marketing the strapless Exerstrider fitness walking pole and with it, a more upright walking style that contrasted to the aggressive forward lean of the original European Nordic Walking technique. With further developments, Exerstriders found a special niche [...]
Posted in People, Poles | Tagged Exerstrider, pols with out straps |
By Claire Walter on May 25, 2013
Canada’s Sun Peaks Resort, a year-round, destination north of Kamloops in interior British Columbia, is adding Nordic Walking, or as they call it Nordic Pole Walking, to its summer program. Discover Sun Peaks Adventures, which handles the resort’s activities program, will be offering introductory and intermediate clinics throughout the summer with experienced instructors and interpretive guides to teach [...]
Posted in Canada, Clinic, Instruction, Starting Out | Tagged Nordic Walking in Canada |
By Claire Walter on May 8, 2013
More River Walk mileage good for fitness walking The San Antonio River through the heart of the city long ago was channeled and is no longer truly natural, but the pay-off is the River Walk, a lively recreation and entertainment area. To attract visitors and as a local asset as well, architect Robert H. H. Hugman developed River [...]
Posted in Travel | Tagged San Antonio River Walk |
By Claire Walter on April 28, 2013
A Facebook friend from Spain posted the clipping below of Queen Beatrix of Holland, age 75, with Nordic Walking poles. The newspaper refers to her as “princess,” but she has been Queen Regnant since her mother, Queen Juliana, abdicated in 1980. She in turn is abdicating soon in favor of her son. I don’t know [...]
Posted in Europe, Media, People |
By Claire Walter on April 3, 2013
The 2013 International Nordic Walking Association Convention will be held at the Jędrzej Śniadecki Academy of Physical Education and Sport in Gdansk, Poland. from October 2 to 6, coinciding with the year’s final Polska Federacja Nordic Walking Nordic Walking Cup event. It may be hard for Americans to comprehend a “Nordic Walking Cup” when the sport/activity is so long in gaining real traction on this [...]
Posted in Europe, Events, Organization | Tagged convention |
By Claire Walter on April 1, 2013
First Wednesday in April is the day to walk — or walk more The American Heart Association promotes the first Wednesday in April as National Walking Day. The goal is to get as many people as possible to commit to walking for at least 30 minutes a day. Many of us already put in more time [...]
Posted in Benefits, Events, Fitness, Health Benefits, Organization | Tagged American Heart Association, National Walking Day |
By Claire Walter on March 29, 2013
The Caribou Townsite is perfect for free-form, no-trails-needed snowshoeing After too many winter months off from snowshoeing due to chronic back pain and surgery, I was finally back on snowshoes this week. I couldn’t have a better companion than Dave “Bigfoot” Felkley for the late-season excursion to the Caribou, an old silver mining ghost town [...]
Posted in Boulder, Snowshoeing |
By Claire Walter on March 17, 2013
About.com, whose specialty sections in two dozen main areas of interest and literally hundreds of narrowly focused sites, has a poll going in its “Walking” section about readers’ choice for the best Nordic Walking poles. The site states, “Vote from among these five finalists for the walking poles category.” But in fact, they give readers a choice [...]
Posted in Stores |
By Claire Walter on February 22, 2013
Two reasons for long cyber-silence on this blog I haven’t posted anything on this blog for months and months. Reason #1: I had been suffering from excruciating and ever worsening pain from back issues for months, and sitting at the computer made it worse. Reason #2: Nordic Walking appears stuck, still with virtually no cooperation or [...]
Posted in Blog, Book, Pain Relief |
By Claire Walter on April 30, 2012
Broomfield, Colorado’s exemplary Paul Derda Recreation Center is starting Nordic Walking classes on Thursday, May 3. I haven’t been able to find any info about the classes on-line, and I haven’t had a chance to phone either. I don’t know who is teaching them either. But the Daily Camera did indicate that the classes start at [...]
Posted in Instruction, Starting Out |
