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Walking for Fitness, Pleasure and Health: A complete guide for women of all ages
Author(s): Helen Vause (Author)
- Publisher: Exisle Publishing
- Publication Date: 1 Oct. 2015
- Language: English
- Print length: 172 pages
- ISBN-10: 1877437131
- ISBN-13: 9781877437137
Book Description
Walking for Fitness, Pleasure and Health is designed to meet the needs of all women who want to know the basics of walking: how to start walking, how far to walk, what clothing and shoes are needed, how to walk with children. Useful information on everything from motivation, weight loss and nutrition to pedometers, coping with injuries and training for events is given in a simple and non-technical way. In the final chapter, the author offers a selection of famous walks worldwide. “A great book to get you started on the path to renewed vigour and health.” – The Senior
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About the Author
Helen Vause is an experienced journalist and communications consultant. She has had wide media experience, and was senior communications advisor for Massey University for several years. Her book Walking Auckland was a best-seller, and she is also the co-author of Working from Home. The mother of two adult children, she lives in Auckland.
Dame Susan Devoy was World Open squash champion four times, and British Open champion eight times in a glittering career during the 1980s and 90s. Since her retirement, she has been raising four sons and is also engaged in sports administration. In 1988 she walked the entire length of New Zealand in seven weeks, raising $500,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. In 1998 she became the youngest New Zealander to be knighted since Sir Edmund Hillary.
