It might be hard to top Jill's walks for the fascinating things that she's seen.

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 started walking for fitness in 2013 and still take an intentional fitness walk every single day.

I'm walking right now and I would love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes.

I heard from a bunch of listeners this week and I thought I'd share some of those during our 10 minutes today.

And yes, I'm going to be walking and reading from my iPhone.

So this could get a little interesting as I almost trip over that stick. It's not a stick. That's a branch.

Right in the middle of the path where I'm walking. Yeah, this might not be the smartest thing I've

ever done. But here goes. Published a blog post this week and Jill in New Mexico responded with this comment,

Happy holidays to you, I sure enjoy the podcast and tend to save multiple episodes for my walks.

I started out at 20 minutes, small, and over the past summer, have worked up to 70 or 80 minutes.

For me, that is big.

During my walks, I discovered a great tennis instructor

and added twice-weekly tennis lessons to my fitness program.

I've utilized the neighborhood Little Free Library,

heard coyotes howling at dawn,

watched birds and hawks and hummingbirds, seen gorgeous

sunrises, hot air balloons, and watched new homes being built.

I've managed to do sketches and watercolors of the other walkers I encounter after I get home.

Thanks for putting so much effort into the podcast and exploring so many aspects of walking

for enjoyment and fitness. Jill, thank you. I love that. It felt like I was right there with you

on a walk as you painted the picture verbally of what you've seen as you're out walking in New Mexico.

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