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By Claire Walter on January 13, 2012
Reusable bottle with filter is a sensible alternative to disposables I know that a lot of plastic ends up in landfills, though living in Boulder with its zero-waste goals and wide-ranging recycling program that includes most plastics, I wasn’t aware how much. The numbers are shocking. I did a double-take when I read that bottled [...]
Posted in Clothing and Accessories, Organization | Tagged eco-product, Hydration, water bottle |
By Claire Walter on November 9, 2010
Product protecting private parts could be man’s best friend during winter workouts Today was the season’s first cold — well, almost-cold — day here in Colorado’s Front Range. It means winter is really nearly here. No matter the weather runners run and Nordic Walkers walk with poles. ThermaJock is not a product that I am able to [...]
Posted in Clothing and Accessories, Winter | Tagged exercising in winter, insulated jock strap, jock strap |
By Claire Walter on May 13, 2010
Blading with poles is top-level aerobic workout on-road or off-road For super-fit Nordic Walkers who want to get leaner, stronger and even fitter, Nordic Blading represents the next level. The use of inline skates and longer poles is known to be an extremely effective form of exercise. Wheels instead of shoes and poles for propulsion [...]
Posted in Certification, Clothing and Accessories, Europe, Instruction, Poles |
By Claire Walter on March 25, 2010
Convenient, commodious and comfortable sports belt comes in various styles and sizes When I go out for a two-mile morning walk with my neighbor, I grab my poles, stick my house keys in the pocket of whatever I am wearing (and I make sure it’s not a pocketless tights/T-shirt combo) and off we go. When I jump [...]
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By Claire Walter on January 12, 2010
Flat, snow-covered trails make for fabulous winter walking I live in dry climate where even the cold tends not to be biting, so fleece gloves do the trick, even for a my daily early-morning two-miler. Over the weekend, my husband, a friend and I took a mid-day walk on the Coot Lake/Boulder Reservoir trails. Modest-size [...]
Posted in Boulder, Clothing and Accessories, Snow, Trails, Winter |
By Claire Walter on January 3, 2010
Wear the Origo on your wrist for ease of use The Origo Paso pedometer/watch is a full-function and very smart watch. It is worn on the wrist, like a conventional watch, which makes it easy to check for steps taken, distance traveled in kilometers or miles (reportedly accurate to within two feet per mile), target [...]
Posted in Clothing and Accessories, Pedometer |
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 [...]
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By Claire Walter on October 25, 2009
Pack-maker Mountainsmith’s small packs made of recycled plastic water bottles Mountainsmith has been making quality backpacks, camera packs, day packs and more for years, but now, they are utilizing material fabricated from recycled plastic bottles. Hooray! The Process The bottles used in the recycling process come from Japan, China, Taiwan, and Korea, countries that have [...]
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By Claire Walter on September 5, 2009
Pedometer designed for Nordic WalkingMaybe a pedometer that fits on a Nordic Walking pole should be called a Pole-ometer, but Silva chose to name its dedicated pedometer: Pole Mate 1 (or Pole Mate 1) — or maybe Polemate.The online product description reads, “If you are a dedicated Nordic walking enthusiast then Pole Mate I is [...]
Posted in Clothing and Accessories, Poles |
By Claire Walter on August 14, 2009
Eddie Bauer launches mountaineering line with applications for Nordic Walking I was attended a local preview of a new Eddie Bauer line of super-rugged mountaineering clothing distributed under the First Ascent/Eddie Bauer/Whittaker Mountaineering label. This collection is promoted as “guide-built gear,” and so it is, having been field tested on Everest, Acondagua and Rainier. In [...]
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