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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 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 |
By Claire Walter on April 6, 2012
Kanteneva video is Nordic Walking short course Beginners needing tips on how to start Nordic Walking and experienced Nordic Walkers wanting a quick refresher ought to check out a YouTube video feature Marko Kanteneva, a Nordic Walking pioneer who continues to promote Original Nordic Walking to differentiate it (however so slightly) from other brands. The [...]
Posted in Instruction, Media, Starting Out, Technique | Tagged Marko Kanteneva |
By Claire Walter on January 6, 2012
“Winter Feels Good” is the snowsports industry’s promotional slogan, and Winter Trails Day 2012 on Saturday, January 7, is designed to provide a no-cost and easy way to sample winter outdoor activities and an opportunity to try equipment on your own or go on a group tour. Problem is that in much of the country’s snowbelt, [...]
Posted in Events, Snow, Snowshoeing, Starting Out | Tagged free winter event, learn to snowshoe, Snowshoeing |
By Claire Walter on September 30, 2011
October 8-9 are the dates and Greenfield is the place. Here’s the skinny from Suzanne Nottingham, founder and education director of Nordic Walk Now Now, who is producing the third annual annual WALK STRONG event next weekend: “This is our third consecutive WALK STRONG event in Greenfield and brings together walkers, runners, seniors, fitness instructors and enthusiasts of all [...]
Posted in Certification, Clinic, Events, Health Benefits, Starting Out | Tagged Nordic Walking classes, Walk Strong, Wisconsin Nordic Walking event |
By Claire Walter on May 31, 2011
Boulder County leads the way with programs for beginners & beyond Is Nordic Walking finally getting a toehold in Colorado? I certainly hope so. I was delighted when I saw a front page story on May 23 in the Denver Post’s Fitness section called “Take Your Workout to the Great Outdoors.” There was a photo of Annette [...]
Posted in Benefits, Boulder, Clinic, Groups, Health Benefits, Instruction, Starting Out, Stores |
By Claire Walter on March 1, 2011
Instructor Lori Clinch is ratcheting up her efforts to promote Nordic Walkers in Polk County Pole Walking Polk Co. is recruiting healthy and social walkers interested in local non-competetive community walking events. In general, she is eager to promote Nordic Pole Walking in Polk County for the health, fitness and rehabilitative benefits, as well as enhance [...]
Posted in Clinic, Groups, Starting Out | Tagged basic instruction, Florida, group walks |
By Claire Walter on February 19, 2011
Nordic Walking coach introduces “Kitchen Coach” to new fitness activity The other evening at a writers’ gathering , I spent time chatting with Mary Collette Rogers. We started talking about food, and ended up talking about Nordic Walking, which she recently took up. Mary knows a lot about healthy eating and healthy cooking, and shares that [...]
Posted in Health Benefits, Instruction, Starting Out | Tagged Fleet Feet |
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 5, 2010
Forty-kilometer trail circles spa & suits Nordic Walkers The Panorama Trail, which encircles Baden-Baden is the spa town’s signature trail and is also part of the massive Black Forest network of recreational trails for hiking, mountain biking, simply strolling to a pleasant sightseeing vantage point and, of course, Nordic Walking. I write “of course,” [...]
Posted in Europe, Starting Out |
