Walking to work with Dr. Walsworth
Dr. Geoff Emry, left, and Dr. Mark Walsworth after completing their walk to work.
On a recent gorgeous fall morning I stepped out of my house wearing my brand new walking shoes and headed for work a bit earlier than usual. It was 50 degrees with clear blue skies as I hiked briskly to Dr. Walsworth's house so that we could walk to work together.
Dr. Mark Walsworth is also a family physician and one of my colleagues at Ironwood Family Practice who walks regularly, including to and from work. And even though we live about the same distance from our office, I'm embarrassed to say this was the first time I have walked to work. So, in keeping with my mantra that exercise is better with a buddy, I decided to join him.
For years I've admired how Dr. Walsworth walks to work in all sorts of weather. He told me, “I’ve always liked walking. Ever since we got here during residency I walked every single place I could. Even in the middle of winter I just put on my boots … and just make it work.” I’m not sure if this has to do with growing up in Alaska or perhaps the fact that he went to medical school in one of the world’s “blue zones,” Loma Linda, Calif.
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