2023-04-05

National Walking Day 2023

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Long ago and far away I was visiting my best old ex-friend Irene at her home in Lancaster, South Carolina.

She was watching Sesame Street with her daughter Hope who, though grown now was a very young child at that time.

They played a bit which has stuck with me over the years in that I have caught myself humming the little ditty from time to time since then.

It was called "New way to walk" by the Oinker Sisters and at that time I thought it to be hilarious.

Today is National Walking Day.

Observed each first Wednesday in April it goes down on April 5 this year. National Walking Day is as it appears — a day to note the easiest way to achieve a higher degree of health and fitness through aerobic exercise. A walk for half to one hour a day can drastically improve your health and work toward the prevention of ailments such as adult onset diabetes, cancer, and heart disease.

Walking can improve both the quality and length of your life.