How do you feel about walking alone? 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. As you can probably tell, I'm walking right now, and I'd love to have you

join me for the next 10 minutes. Before we dive into today's episode, I want to tell you what this is not

about. This is not about walking alone

safely. And I know for some when it comes to the issue of walking alone, that's the biggest question.

It may be the only question. I don't feel safe and therefore I'm not going to go out alone for a walk.

On September 4th, I did an episode with my wife, Ava. In fact, it's the only time I've had a guest on the podcast.

My wife is a runner and she has been running alone for many, many years, both here

in South Carolina and in Maryland when we live there. And so I wanted her perspective, as a woman,

what she did to be safe and to feel safe as she was out running alone.

And so if the issue of safety is top of mind, maybe it's the barrier to walking alone.

Maybe you would prefer to walk alone.

But the issue of safety is paramount, as it should be.

I would invite you to find that episode from September 4th and give that a listen.

What I want to talk about today isn't the issue of walking alone and safety.

It's the issue of walking alone when you just don't feel like doing this activity by yourself.

There are some, many, who prefer walking alone.

That would be, that would be me.

I love the walks that I take with my wife, but I also love the walks that I do.

It's just me, solo.

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