The Evening Walk

My wife is Chinese; I'm Mediterranean. We do this every day as we always did before we met each other - it was an interesting meeting point of both our cultures.

Cycle to work, if at all possible.

For me it's an hour each way, but apart from the obvious health benefit it also serves as some sort of day markers. In the morning it's really good way to get you up to speed (increase heart rate, get some extra oxygen in), and in the evening it's perfect to finish and leave all the "work stuff" behind.

Added bonus - money saved on public transport, and no gym subscription required.

I blog and whenever I hit a lull, I find that a walk or run is what gets me back on track. The chaos in a normal work week, the number of meetings, the constant context-switching all leads to little chance of forming coherent string of thoughts that can be used to construct a blog post.

Walks and runs also help in uncovering new ways to look at things, asking new questions that previously lay just beneath the surface, and letting your mind wander till they serendipitously uncover these nuances - those are the reasons I find time to do it. Everyone needs those quiet hours - when your mind could be free of clutter, and you could take a strand of thought and examine it more closely than you could have - when there are a hundred things vying for your attention.

I think this is what I like about running - although as walking would be less physically demanding I'm sure your thoughts may wander a bit more (That being the goal here).

I like to go running at night. The night is so beautiful and peaceful. It allows me to reflect upon many things.