Have you taken an objectless walk lately? Might just change your day. In fact, it might even change

somebody else's day too. 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 am walking right now and would love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes.

A beautiful day in South Carolina, very much summer-like.

At the moment I'm walking along a semi-shaded trail next to a lake.

The sun is up. The difference between being in full sunshine and shade is pretty dramatic.

And so at the moment, I'm in the shade, got a light breeze. It feels great. Hope where you are,

the weather is equally enjoyable. Thanks for listening. Recently, I got an email from Leah. She heard the episode

I did, I guess it's been a couple of weeks now, about Charles Dickens, the 19th century writer

who loved walking. It is said that he would walk about 12 miles a day, and he walked really fast. Some reports had him

at about four and a half miles an hour, which is almost running. Now, Dickens was a famous writer.

You know, he's the guy who wrote a Christmas carol.

With all his walking,

at the pace that he moved,

I'm sure he had quite a few people

as he was moving about London,

who would notice him

and probably even stare from time to time.

There goes that Dickens guy again.

So Charles Dickens had what he called two types of walks.

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