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 [...]
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By Claire Walter on January 9, 2011
Malin Svensson’s package audio workouts, book, poles, pedometer & more Malin Svensson, a certified international Nordic Walking coach, has assembled several key products into a kit called “My Nordic Walking Coach” to keep Nordic Walkers on track and their technique tuned up. She wears several hats in the Nordic Walking community, the first of which was her [...]
Posted in Book, Instruction, Organization, Pedometer, Poles, Technique, Weight Management | Tagged Fitness walking with poles, Malin Svensson, Nordic Walking, Nordic Walking CDs |
By Claire Walter on January 10, 2010
UK-based David Downer launches the Nordic Walking community into cyberspace Communications and idea/information exchanges among Nordic Walkers (both instructors and regular people who like to get out with NW poles) have been difficult to launch and frustrating to maintain. My admiration has gone to David Downer, who pioneered it all, combining his passion for Nordic [...]
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By Claire Walter on November 5, 2009
As regular visitors to this blog might infer from my recent infrequent posts, I have been traveling a lot lately. Since October 8, I have been in Mexico, Louisiana and California with little time between trips. Even though I traveled with a laptop, I was busy all day and much of the evening every day I [...]
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By Claire Walter on September 11, 2009
Boulder Bookstore to host my upcoming book signing I try to post notice of upcoming Nordic Walking events around the corner and around that world, including workshops, classes, races and fitness festivals. Now, I’m alerting you to an event that is near and dear to me: my upcoming presentation and book signing of Nordic Walking: [...]
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By Claire Walter on September 5, 2009
Boulder classes, a pole-friendly footrace and my upcoming presentation Free Nordic Walking Classes Boulder’s Fleet Feet Sports reprises its free Nordic Walking classes/group walks on the first and third Saturday of each month beginning at 9 a.m. They are taught by Lilly Johnson (left, presiding over a prize drawing after a special Nordic Walking class [...]
Posted in Book, Clinic, Competition, Events, Groups, Starting Out, Stores |
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, [...]
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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 [...]
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By Claire Walter on August 12, 2009
“Fit!” features Nordic Walking: The Complete Guide to Health Fitness & Fun Boulder Daily Camera reporter Aimee Heckel wrote twin features about Nordic Walking that appear on the front page of the well-read “Fit!” section. “Walk Like a Scandinavian,” subtitled “Boulder Author Offers Tips on this Increasingly Popular Sport,” features quotes from my book, Nordic [...]
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By Claire Walter on July 22, 2009
Writing a personal review of my new Nordic Walking book on the Nordic Walking News blog, Malcolm Jarvis of Nordic Walking Leeds noted, “I very much warm to the writing style which is informal and chatty but nonetheless very well researched and informed. Also, the book does not advocate any one technique over another and [...]
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