Today I want to tell you a story, and I'm titling it The Walk that was About More Than Walking.

Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to Walking as Fitness, a daily 10-minute podcast designed to provide a little added motivation to help you get out the door, take the walk, and to build a consistent habit. Today's 10-minute walk starts

right after this. Sunny and Chile, a beautiful morning for a walk, but nothing extraordinary,

no headlines regarding today's weather that's coming in just a couple of days. I want to tell you a story

that happened Sunday before Thanksgiving. It happened in Maryland, in Baltimore. And just a

quick side note, during Thanksgiving week, I was walking a lot, but I was not recording the podcast.

So all the episodes that aired leading up to Thanksgiving were what I'll call pre-records.

So I drove up to Maryland the Friday before Thanksgiving to attend a funeral on Saturday. My first boss at the radio station died in late October.

Ava flew up to Maryland on Monday,

and we had five of our six children and all 10 of our grandchildren together

for Thanksgiving week. It was wonderful. So I had Sunday free. There was no agenda.

There was nothing on my to-do list. No responsibilities. I could do whatever I wanted.

My initial thought was to drive into DC and walk around DC,

which I love doing, but I didn't feel like making the drive.

Actually, the drive in would have been fine.

It was the drive out of DC.

Sometimes I can, even on a Sunday, the traffic can get kind of heavy,

and I just didn't feel like dealing with that.

So instead, I drove into Baltimore.

Much easier drive, quicker, closer,

and decided to make a morning out of walking around Baltimore.

Got there early, found a coffee shop

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