Well, this is a first since I started doing the podcast two, three years ago, three and a half years ago, and then even the daily 10-minute podcast, this is the first time I've ever released two episodes in the same day.

And there's a reason for that, which I will get to in just a moment.

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.

So to set the scene, it is actually in the afternoon.

I'm walking along a wooded path, different from the one that I normally traverse.

Here, this one has quite a few leaves, and it's very short, and in a moment I'll be in a field.

And I have walked in this field before, have even recorded a couple of episodes in a moment, I'll be in a field. And I have walked in this field before.

I've even recorded a couple of episodes in this field before,

but I haven't been back here in quite some time.

And there's along this path, there's a deep gully that is filled with water. I would not appreciate coming up upon that during the early

morning when I normally record these episodes. So earlier today, I released the regular episode

of walking as fitness for today. It was all about the benefits of taking an early morning walk,

of walking in the morning. I love mornings. In fact, I've said before if my entire day could be

just one long morning, I'd be all okay with that. But I also recognize that there are some benefits,

some pretty intense benefits to walking in the afternoon.

And many of you walk in the afternoon, and you might even be getting a little annoyed with this

constant, mornings are great. Aren't mornings wonderful? Get up early and go for a walk.

So I thought I would release a second episode today to counteract the episode this

morning about the benefits of walking in the early morning and talk about the benefits of an

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