I am not alone walking by the Atlantic Ocean this morning,

but I wonder how many of these folks who are out walking today

walk every day when they're not on vacation in Myrtle Beach.

This question, by the way, is not a judgment, but I got an email

recently that had a really interesting perspective on motivation, which is important if you're

trying to create a consistent habit of walking. Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to Walking is Fitness, a daily

podcast that helps provide some of that motivation to take the walk.

And we'll do that together after a brief. Thank you to the sponsors who make all of this possible.

I'm on the beach in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and I can see probably, I'm looking north.

And I see dozens of people who are out for a walk.

I don't know how many of these folks got here to watch the sunrise.

It's early in the morning, the sun's been up for a bit.

I don't know how many came out to watch the sunrise and just decided to take a walk.

I've got some folks who are walking together, someone else walking a dog, turn around,

dozens more who are out walking. And I get it. I absolutely get it. Walking at the beach is fun.

When we would vacation at the Outer Banks in North Carolina, would go for a couple of weeks every year.

And every morning, didn't matter what the weather was like.

It didn't matter what I did the night before, every morning.

I was out early, not necessarily to see the sunrise,

but early to take a walk on the beach.

Because I knew that this is not an opportunity that I would have back home in Maryland.

So I wanted to take advantage of that.

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