The zen of walking for health
I did at least get out and walk a couple of days recently. Usually I walk about a half an hour every day, but it has been postponed the past week or so due to the busyness of the holidays or the weather being either rainy or too cold. On Christmas Day we went on a family hike in a nearby state forest. It was a sunny, mild day after a several days of heavy rain. We hiked about three miles over moderate terrain, and it was a wonderful, invigorating walk. Most days of course I don't take time out to travel to such a special place to take a walk. Now that the holidays are over, it's time to get back to a more normal schedule of activity because the lack of daily walking since then has left me feeling sluggish. What I do is fit walking in to my daily routine, by walking around my neighborhood. My neighborhood is fairly walkable, and I can often fit in one or more walks to do an errand. But walking needn't have a purpose. I can just as easily go for a walk, with ...