Three years ago I started walking and now walk 90 minutes every morning, yes every morning. In rain, wind, snow, freezing rain, extreme cold, sun, heat, extreme heat and fog – you name it and I’ve walked in it. We have a beautiful lake where I live and so that’s where I walk. I have to say that it was a process, meaning I didn’t wake up one day and say ‘I think I’ll walk for 12 km’s every day’. It started out with my sister and I thinking it would be nice to get some fresh air, early morning exercise for 45 minutes, and get caught up. Slowly and I’m not sure we were even aware, we added time on – ‘let’s walk around the building one more time’, ‘hey let’s walk to the pier etc.’. Then we began tagging things along the – the sign where we turn around at the half way mark, at the pier there is a light post and so on , all in all we now have 3 landmarks. We have met some fabulous fellow walkers and eventually we integrated ourselves into the community that walk around the lake every morning. If you are thinking you would like to give it a try find a place to walk (that could even be around where you live), put your runners on and DO IT. You’ll be surprised how quickly the habit forms and eventually you will be recruiting folks to join in.
