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A 9K Walk Along Icy Roads in Rohde Boots

December 24, 2007 by Rosalind Gardner at 5:16 pm Print This Post Print This Post

Ed and I are in Toronto for the Christmas holidays, and today we ventured out for a walk south along Etobicoke Creek, through Marie Curtis Park, east along Lake Promenade Drive, north up 32nd street to Horner, then back up Westmead to where we parked the rental car. Our walk was about 9 kilometers in [...]

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Snow and Ice Shoe Grips

January 2, 2007 by Rosalind Gardner at 2:42 pm Print This Post Print This Post

The road into town from our house is steep, and when covered with ice and snow, extremely treacherous. Because the city of Penticton not only does not clear the sidewalks, but plows snow onto the sidewalks, Ed and I either had to give up walking in winter, or find a better way to deal with [...]

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Masai Barefoot Technology (MBT)

October 14, 2006 by Rosalind Gardner at 7:28 pm Print This Post Print This Post

My preferred method of getting around is to walk. It’s healthy and I get to see much more than if we were driving. However, as the years have slipped by, the ole dogs ain’t what they used to be. My feet and legs were tiring out too often. I’d heard that MBT or Masai Barefoot [...]

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These Boots Were Made for Walkin’!

October 7, 2006 by Rosalind Gardner at 12:55 pm Print This Post Print This Post

I attended Yanik Silver’s Underground II Seminar in Washington, D.C. back in March of 2006. Before flying back to Toronto after the conference, I spent the afternoon in Georgetown. It was beautiful. The birds were singing, the sun was shining and the cherry tree blossoms were bursting forth.

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