Tuesday, February 5, 2008

02.05 WALKAHOLICS

Dion walk everywhere. And he smokes.

It brings me back to the research I've done with retired mailmen, lifelong dogwalkers, and octogenarians who never had a drivers license but still have blockages in the arteries feeding their legs. Claudicants. Or people with claudication to be academically appropriate.

Not all of these walkaholics were smokaholics too. But many were.
It speaks to the power of nicotine over exercise, vices over virtues, and paints a grim picture for the smoking walkaholic.

A walk in the park isn't as easy as it sounds for some...