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 [...]
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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 October 24, 2011
Nordic Walking by the numbers Following my recent post about the remarkable Gabriel Abraham and his recent Nordic Walking records for various distances, he contacted me and alerted me to the World Ranking Nordic Walking site. I probably was aware this site of at one point but had forgotten all about it. I’m glad that he reminded [...]
Posted in Competition, Europe, Events, People, Racing | Tagged Nordic Walking distance records, Nordic Walking records, Nordic Walking speed records |
By Claire Walter on October 22, 2011
Gabriel Abraham sets endurance records in walking with poles I recently learned about Gabriel Abraham, a Spaniard who broke absolute and M-45 Word Records of Ultra Nordic Walking st 30 and 50 miles. His Wikipedia entry alludes to his previous athletic career in “road running, track running and cross-country races.” He was born in 1966, so he’s no [...]
Posted in Competition, Europe, People | Tagged Gabriel Abraham, Spain |
By Claire Walter on October 16, 2011
Martin Sheen on screen is paving the way for American tourists to walk across northern Spain When Eat, Pray, Love became a bestseller and then a movie, American women (in particular) headed for Italy, India and Indonesia to find themselves and their soulmates. Sheen carries a single picturesque wooden walking pole, but of course, modern-day [...]
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By Claire Walter on March 18, 2011
New (or at least new-to-me) organization based in Finland. Thank you, Facebook, for the introduction I vowed to myself (and to you too) that I would post more frequently to this blog, and I’ve fallen behind again. I vowed to myself (but maybe not to you) that I would try to focus more of my posts to [...]
Posted in Certification, Europe, Finland, Organization | Tagged Nordic Walking organization |
By Claire Walter on October 29, 2010
More precisely, Rick Deutsch’s annual Nordic Walking presentations on a cruise ship that floats on the water San Jose, California-based trekker, guide and Nordic Walking instructor Rick Deutsch again led complimentary classes for passengers aboard Crystal Cruise’s “Serenity,” sailing around the boot of Italy from Venice to Monte Carlo. The cruise line reports that since the Nordic [...]
Posted in Europe, Groups, Poles, Stores, Travel | Tagged cruise |
By Claire Walter on October 15, 2010
Rosi Mittermaier and Christian Neureuther high on fitness walking with poles If you ever need confirmation that Nordic Walking is as appropriate for world-class athletes as it is for the rest of us, consider Rosi Mittermaier and Christian Neureuther, two German ski team stars of the 1970s. In addition to two gold medals and one silver at the [...]
Posted in Clinic, Europe, Starting Out, Stores | Tagged Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
By Claire Walter on October 12, 2010
Tour operator specializes in running and walking programs While wandering around one of the characteristic passages (shop-lined arcades linking one street with another) in Leipzig, Germany, I spotted a running store called Leipziger Laufladen and thought it would be a good opportunity to pick up some replacement paws for my Exel poles, which seem available [...]
Posted in Benefits, Europe |
By Claire Walter on October 7, 2010
Nordic Walking classes easy to find, easy to join The Nordic Walkers I have seen in southwestern Germany (but didn’t get to photograph because I was on a moving bus or something) all move with a purposeful pace and straight European style. No surprise, because this is, after all Europe. In fact, Germany, where people tend to learn [...]
Posted in Europe, Groups, Instruction |
