I'm trying something new today.

Welcome to Walking is Fitness.

This is a podcast of action, providing a little extra motivation to help you keep that fitness promise you made yourself.

Hi, I'm Dave. I started walking for fitness in 2013. Still take an intentional fitness walk every single day.

And I would love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes.

I'm doing two things that are different with today's episode. It is the time of day, which is different, and where I'm walking.

First time I've ever walked here for the podcast.

Typically, I get up really early in the morning and go for a walk,

and oftentimes I'm recording the podcast even before the sun rises. It's the coldest part of the day,

which in the winter has its own set of challenges. Today it is almost lunchtime as I'm walking and recording. So this is a middle of the day walk. It's an opportunity

to get out, to stretch my legs, to get a breath of fresh air, kind of recharge and reconfigure for the rest of the afternoon.

So this is a little different for me.

Now, it's not the first time I've walked in the middle of the day.

I don't mean to communicate that.

But it is probably the first time that I've recorded an episode of the podcast in the middle of the day.

And I know that there are many who, that's when you walk.

You're not a morning person or life is just too busy in the morning.

And the idea of getting up 30 minutes earlier is like, nah, that's not working for me. And so you

have intentionally built into your routine the habit of walking in the middle of the day.

And perhaps it's your lunch break. And you eat quickly and then you go out for a walk.

It's a time of day that works great for you, as I'm hoping for me,

it kind of recharges you for the rest of the day in the afternoon.

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