I got an email recently from a listener who wrote that she was following my lead.

And as I read her email and thought through what she was actually saying and doing, I recognized, no, I need to follow

your lead. 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 to yourself. Hi, I'm Dave. I've been walking for fitness

since 2013, averaging about 21,000 steps a day. I'm walking right now, and I would love to have

you join me for the next 10 minutes. The email that I'm referring to is one that I've actually

mentioned during an episode several weeks ago.

It was from Leah, who said that she takes the first mile of her walk and walks it in silence.

And then she will listen to some podcasts, including this one.

And all the while focused on her breathing, her pace, and even

stopping to enjoy the beauty around her.

And she said she's following my lead as she does that.

And I have talked about walking without listening to podcasts without

listening to music walking in silence I've talked about that and I do that I have

talked about walking and being very intentional about my breathing.

I've mentioned that.

I've mentioned multiple times,

walking and being focused on the intensity of my walk,

the pace, how fast I'm walking.

And I have even mentioned the beauty surrounding me that I've noticed even as I'm recording the podcast and walking.

So I've done all of those things.

But Leah does them in a way that I need to follow her lead.

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