Today, I tell a listener, I think you're wrong, but it's not as harsh as that sounds. It's actually

kind of sweet. 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.

I don't keep records on this sort of thing, but I think.

Actually, I'm pretty sure that as I record this, this is the hottest morning I've ever done this podcast. So typically I'm out early, often before the sun rises, so this should be the coolest part of the day. And usually it feels really nice,

but I love summer. I grew up in Maryland. We have heat. We have humidity. I grew up in a home

that had no air conditioning, so I learned to enjoy summer without AC and quite frankly still enjoy a

nice, hot, sticky summer day. But every now and then, summer wins.

And last night was a moment where I just waved the white flag.

It was after the sun had set, I was out on my front porch,

I was actually thinking about this morning's podcast, and the

humidity was so thick that I wasn't comfortable. It wasn't fun. I wasn't enjoying summer.

And so I said, I'm done. Wave the white flag. Walked inside.

The air conditioning felt so good.

Well, what we had last night is what we still have this morning.

And I am already...

I'm already working up a sweat here.

I hope the weather where you are is to your liking. And if it's not, then good on you for getting out and doing this walk.

I want to thank some new supporters of the podcast. Marcy, thank you. Thank you for your generous donation. Marcy writes,

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