Do you prefer walking solo alone or with someone?

Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to Walking is Fitness. This is a daily 10-minute podcast designed to provide you with just a little bit of extra motivation to open the door, get out, take the walk, and to keep doing it day after day, that consistency.

We're going to answer that question, a bunch of folks chimed in, whether it's with someone

or solo. You'll hear what they have to say during today's 10-minute walk, which gets started right after this.

So do you prefer walking alone or with

someone? It's a question that was asked recently in the walking friends community on

Patreon. A bunch of folks, a bunch of the community members jumped in and answered the question.

And before I share their answers, I'll go ahead and answer it for myself.

Walking alone or walking with someone, for me, the answer is both.

I'm an introvert, so this alone time is super important.

It's how I recharge, being able to walk alone and think, ponder process is really necessary for me.

And I don't know how many of my steps are solo steps,

but quite a few, more than half, I would say.

But then at the same time, actually not at the same time,

but part of the same answer,

I love walking with my wife, Ava.

We take usually two, sometimes three walks every day.

They could be as short as around the block, which is, I don't know, half mile maybe, to two to three miles.

And there have been times when we've walked longer than three miles.

That's more rare than not, but we've had some long walks together.

That time walking has been so crucial, so important for our relationship.

We do most of our talking while we are walking, catching up on what's happening,

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