I just wrapped up two fascinating days of research at the Challenging Environment Assessment Laboratory (aka CEAL), part of Toronto Rehab’s iDAPT Centre. The lab, a world leader in rehabilitation research, is home to dozens of projects aimed at making our streets, homes and workplaces safer. One of its goals is help prevent injuries before they…
An inspiring phone interview today with Sean Gobin, the ex-U.S. Marine who started an organization called Warrior Hike and, in concert with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, launched the Walk Off The War program. Basically, it helps American veterans of combat find themselves — physically, mentally and spiritually — by thru-hiking the trail. Gobin, who did…
It’s coming! Within a few days, the good folks at LifeSpan will be delivering a treadmill desk for me to test walk. No more sitting around while writing about walking. In addition to giving me material for the book, I’ll also be writing about the effectiveness of the product in Canadian Business magazine. Of course,…
“The Walking Cure” — my feature in The Walrus — is now online for your reading pleasure.
En route to Glasgow from southern Scotland a few weeks ago, I decided to hitchhike. I could have taken a bus and then a train, but it was a nice summer day, I was in no rush — and thumbing a ride is always interesting. The bloke who picked me up, a picture framing machine…
Scroll down to the bottom of item No. 1 and see how it lights up after just 20 minutes of walking. Also: it makes you happy!
Video from last winter’s walk led by Dr. Stanley Vollant, from Manawan, Que., to Rapid Lake, Que. Who isn’t ready to face the day after a send-off like this? The next Innu Meshkenu (Innu Road) walk starts in a few days.
Last winter, I joined a two and a half week snowshoe trek in Quebec led by an inspiring Innu surgeon named Stanley Vollant, as part of his multi-year walking project. My feature about that trip — and the myriad health benefits of walking — will appear in the October 2013 issue of The Walrus. In…
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