Walk2Connect in Southern Colorado
By: Community Program Director, Rachel Hultin The morning of October 24th, Jonathon and I rolled into San Luis, a small town with fewer than 700 people in southern Colorado. This was the last of 3...
View ArticleWinter Warrior Walking Tips!
Take notes and be sure to share your Winter Walking photos with us on the Walk2Connect Facebook Page! #lifeat3mph #winterwarriors
View ArticleThis is community…
Words can’t begin to describe the gratitude I have for our community. I have just returned home from getting Edrie’s foot up and iced in her beautiful home near Sloan’s Lake. Her cat and a few friends...
View ArticleThis is community…
Words can’t begin to describe the gratitude I have for our community. I have just returned home from getting Edrie’s foot up and iced in her beautiful home near Sloan’s Lake. Her cat and a few friends...
View ArticleCelebrating Rachel Hultin
“Here, take a photo of me in front of Try. This is what we’re doing Jonathon. Keep creating, keep risking, keep trying.” It was in moments like those, and 100 others, that I was so absolutely lucky to...
View ArticleMaking Friends @ 2-3 MPH
Making friends as an adult has never come easy for me. That’s not easy for me to admit, but none the less, it’s true. I don’t have some of the natural and easier pathways to make friends. I don’t live...
View ArticleWe’re Now A Cooperative!
We are eager to announce some fun and exciting updates happening with our growing walking community. Many of you know that we’ve been in an organizational transition for the past 6 months. We’ve had...
View ArticleGrowing a Walking Community from the Ground Up: Walk2Connect’s Work in...
Last week, Walk2Connect member-owner and Boulder Program Director, Darcy Kitching, attended the Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place conference in Vancouver, B.C. The conference, a biannual gathering of active...
View ArticleWalking from Longmont to Boulder
“You, who are on the road must have a code that you can live by. And so become yourself because the past is just a good bye.” ~ Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, “Teach Your Children” When Darcy...
View Article5 Ways Walking Can Improve Your Mental and Emotional Health
Many people walk for transportation or in order to lose weight and get in better shape. Did you know that walking also has incredible mental and emotional health benefits? Here are 5 ways walking can...
View ArticleThe Walkability of Wellness
Highlights from Our iWalkDenver Series: Colorado Blvd This series of Walk2Connect walks, in partnership with WalkDenver, brings neighbors & community members together to discuss the challenges that...
View ArticlePilgrimage in Pieces
Probably the sacred grail for the lone walker is the pilgrimage. Many walkers or would-be distance walkers aspire to complete long, challenging journeys like the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in...
View ArticleShifting paradigms — a place for walking
Picture this: you’re walking home from the bus at the end of a rainy day, looking at six lanes of moving traffic right next to your foot, and realizing that it might be the last thing you’ll do. The...
View ArticleGreat Changes Coming to Outdoor Gear
Two of our Walk2Connect Cooperative Member-Owners, Chris and Darcy, dove into the giant Outdoor Retailer show in Denver the last weekend of January to check out new trends in active living gear. Three...
View ArticleDarcy’s Story: How Walking Saved My Life
Darcy Varney Kitching is a founding member-owner of the Walk2Connect Cooperative. She oversees our programs in the city of Boulder, Colorado, and serves as Walk2Connect’s “Collaborative Storyteller,”...
View ArticleChris’ Story: Connecting the Canal, and So Much More
Chris Englert is a founding member-owner of the Walk2Connect Cooperative. She is the author of Best Urban Hikes: Denver and operates two walking adventure companies: Denver by Foot and Eat Walk Learn....
View ArticleNicole’s Story: A Call to Walk
Nicole Huguenin is a founding member-owner of the Walk2Connect Cooperative. Here, she shares her experience of deepening her own intuition and empathy through walking, and how that brought her to...
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