What are you training for? Welcome to walking is fitness. This is a podcast of action,

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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.

The other day I was sitting in Starbucks. Actually, I was working in Starbucks.

I take a few hours one morning a week and usually use that when I need to sit, think, and write.

And a couple came in, probably my age, maybe a little bit older, and I had seen them the week before. So I do this once a week

at this same Starbucks, which happens to be on the boardwalk in Myrtle Beach, and there's a beautiful

ocean view. And it's just like, I get to work here, this is great.

And I've seen this couple the previous week.

And so they came back in,

and they were wearing backpacks.

In fact, they actually looked more like they were going

on a hike instead of taking a stroll along the boardwalk.

And as they were ordering their drinks, the barista, asked them some questions, and I really wasn't paying attention.

It sounded like they were in town vacationing or visiting that they didn't live here in Myrtle Beach.

They said something about, we're training.

We're getting used to walking with these heavy backpacks on, and so they're training.

And I was just waiting for the barista to say, training for what?

But she didn't. I'm like, what are you

training for? I thought about asking, but that would have indicated that I was eavesdropping on

their conversation, which I was, but I didn't want them to know that. And it just didn't feel right.

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