Today's 10 minute walk is helping you stay fitness consistent, so let's go for a walk.

It is super early in the morning.

There will be no hint of sunrise as we are walking today, or at least as I am walking today, I'm not sure anybody

else is even awake. Every now and then I have one of these mornings where I'm up a little bit

earlier, in this case way earlier. And instead of falling back asleep or trying to fall back asleep,

I just head out for a walk.

One of the things that I love about this time of day

is it is quiet and there's solitude as I'm walking.

Because really there's nobody.

I haven't seen a car on the road.

I haven't seen a person running or cycling.

It's possible that we will have a car pass as we're walking.

That, by the way, was a leaf.

Walking on some pavement, and my foot just touched a leaf and dragged it across the pavement.

It was kind of a harsh, harsh sound.

So it's going to be a quiet walk. It's going to be an alone walk. It's going to feel probably

even more alone than usual, which is actually one of the things that I really appreciate about

walking as a fitness activity. I've mentioned

it before. I'm an introvert. It's not that I don't like people or being with people. I do.

One of the best definitions that I've ever heard of the difference between introverts and extroverts

is that introverts need a lone time

to recharge. Extroverts need people time to recharge, and that resonates with me. So as an introvert,

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