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Meet-Up Nordic Walking Group
2023-07-29 11:35 The Meet-Up Nordic Walkging Group began June 2023. This is a casual informal group of Nordic Walkers who meet every Friday at 8:00am. We meet at the Andover Senior Center Playstead Parking-Lot located...
Nordic Walking Free 1-Hr Session #2
2023-04-17 10:00 Today (Monday, April 17, 2023), we held our second Free 1-Hr Nordic Walking session at the Playstead Parking next to the Andover Senior Center. It was a Typical New England Day, a slightly chilly 48F ...
Nordic Walking Free 1-Hr Session
2023-03-20 10:00 Today (Monday, March 20, 2023), we held a Free 1-Hr Nordic Walking session at the Playstead Parking next to the Andover Senior Center. It was a Gorgeous New England Day 40F,  25% Humidity and Sunny, S...
Nordic Walk to End Alzheimer's, Oct 2, 2022...
2022-11-03 13:00 Denise recently participated in the 3mile Walk to End Alzheimer's event in Andover. This was in honor of her Mom, Rita Boucher, who suffered from the debilitating affects of Dementia.  The COVID y...
3-Day Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Walk, Aug 26, 2022
2022-11-03 12:08 Our Star Student Mary-Jane recently completed a 3-Day (60-mile) Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Walk (Ahem, Nordic Walk!!).  We remain amazed at what an Avid Nordic Walker she is. Of-course she uses the ...
Still Alive and Nordic Walking, Sept 25, 2022...
2022-11-03 11:29 Yup, Still Alive, Well and Nordic Walking!! Denise and I continue to take whatever opportunity we get, to Nordic Walk out in our Gorgeous New England Country Side.  We were out recently, Nordic Walkin...
We are still Alive and Well, June 7, 2022...
2022-06-07 09:12 Denise and I continue to hike atleast 2 times a week.  Mostly the local reservations (Harold Parker, Ward, AVIS). Last to last weekend we were in the White Mountains (at SubSig, SubSig.org).  I must a...
First 2022 Class, Second Hike!!
2022-01-13 10:00 Boy, what a difference a week makes.  We finally got some snow and it was nice and cold(31F) to keep the snow crisp and dry. There was not enough snow to break out the snow-shoes but definitely enough...
Denise's Nordic Walk Presentation at Andover's Robb Center
2022-01-04 14:00 Denise gave a very well received presentation about the History of Nordic Walking at the Robb Center in Andover.  There were about 20 participants. It was an hour long presentation with show and tell ...
Our Official First Class!!!
2021-12-02 10:00 NordicWalkMA launched its Official First Class!! December 2nd, 2021, 10am.   We met at the Head Quarters of Harold Parker State Forest and started hiking from there.   We had 3 wonderful students ...
Why Nordic Walking is Great for Women Aged 65-74...
2021-12-01 10:43 Hot off the Press!! There was a recent study published which indicates that one can improve the level of vitamin D in the blood and the quality of life among women aged 65-74, by (drum roll please) .....
Mary Jane walked 60 miles to raise funds and awareness for Breast Cancer!
2021-11-29 17:19 Mary Jane has trained countless hours to prepare for the November Breast Cancer walk in California which was held earlier this month. Part of her preparation included taking a class in Nordic Waking. ...