I'm going through the survey answers and there was a criticism about something I say a lot.

And this listener has a point.

We'll talk about that during today's walk.

Hi, I'm Dave.

Welcome to Walking is Fitness, a daily podcast to encourage you to create and sustain a habit of walking.

Today's 10-minute walk starts in just a moment.

Sunrise was about 20 minutes ago,

and I don't know if you can hear it.

The birds are, at least where I'm walking,

are kind of active.

And this is the time of day I've noticed,

at least here, where we live in Myrtle Beach,

South Carolina, where if you're walking around sunrise, the birds are really, they're singing a lot.

And I enjoy walking at this time of day. So I've been going through the survey and if you participated in the

walking as fitness survey, thank you so much. Greatly appreciate it. It's going to take me some time to go through,

read all the answers, do some analysis, interpretation, and then make some changes if needed needed, to the podcast, because the whole point

of the survey really was about making this audio podcast better for you, more valuable

for you. And as I'm reading the answers, this one popped up that really grabbed my attention.

This listener says,

lighten up on building a walking habit is a hard thing.

It may be for you or someone else.

However, as a retired military officer, I know a number of people dealing with

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