There's a hidden cost of walking. Whether you realize it or not, you've experienced it.

In fact, I believe that we all have. Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to Walking is Fitness, a daily podcast that provides motivation for a 10-minute walk.

Because every day, there's a brand new 10-minute walk, an episode recorded while I'm out walking, and we will get started on our 10 minute walk in just a moment and talk about the hidden cost of walking.

So just before I pressed record, I was actually standing still and for a moment was caught up in what was happening around me, the sounds of what was happening around me.

And it was multiple birds. And then I pressed record, started walking,

and the birds have stopped chirping,

and I'm getting close to, I don't know if that's a generator

or an air conditioner on the backside of this business.

So what had been the quiet beauty of birdsong has been

replaced by the efficient sound of industrial air conditioning. How about that? I want to talk about the cost of walking it is for all intents and

purposes a pretty low-cost fitness activity at times I'm tempted to say it's

free but the reality is if you want to do it intentionally and you

want to do it long term, you need to invest in a good pair of shoes.

And it's not just a one-time investment.

Generally, shoes are good.

They provide your feet the support they need for up to about 500 miles.

So do the math.

If you walk 10 miles a day, that's probably too much.

That'd be 20,000 steps a day.

If you walk five miles a day, which is 10,000 steps, and you're using the same shoes for all of those steps,

all right, math on the fly, five miles, you've got about 100 days, so a little more than three months.

So you're replacing your shoes maybe three times a year. And I wish shoes were less expensive than they are.

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