Today, we're going to think warm and happy thoughts.

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, 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. It is a colder than normal day here in South Carolina. We are

still in winter, and although the winters in Myrtle Beach are milder than the winters we experienced while living in Maryland, it still gets cold, it still gets windy.

And there are still days when I linger a little bit longer in the house before heading out for my walk.

And today was one of those days.

I had a second cup of coffee.

I did not ask the question, do I really want to do this?

But I did ask the question, do I want to do this right now?

So I want to talk about summer.

Before I jump into the deep end here, understand that I do subscribe to the meteorological

season calendar. Meteorologists look at the start and end of the

four seasons a little differently than most of us do. So the meteorologist believe that summer

starts on June 1st. Again, we're talking northern hemisphere. So if you're walking like me today in an outdoor

setting, then it still feels very much like winter because it is, and you're thinking, I'm,

I'm ready for the next season. I'm ready for spring. I'm ready for summer.

And perhaps, even if you're not a full-on fan of summer, at the moment,

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