[Spok]

I walk 6-8 miles a day. A couple of my co-workers, really great guys, started to walk with me. Inexplicably, I began to lose interest and began dreading it. Then it dawned on me: it wasn’t the walking that drew me to it, it was the solitude! Know thy self!

[PGR88]

Inexplicably, I began to lose interest and began dreading it. Then it dawned on me: it wasn’t the walking that drew me to it, it was the solitude!

Yes. I had many friends who wanted to join me when jogging. I finally learned to simply say to everyone "sorry, I run alone."

[EEGator]

Pulling a Henry David Thoreau?

“Temet Nosce”

[SamAdams76]

Same here. I like to walk an hour or two a day alone. Maybe catch up on a podcast or just listen to the sounds of nature around me. When others walk with me, it becomes more of a chore because you feel obligated to keep up a conversation. Plus I like to go on walks spontaneously, not at a set time each day.

During my walks, I often see small groups of housewives in the neighborhood trying to start a walking routine, usually after the New Year and after the kids get picked up for school. You can hear them chattering away even before you see them. That never lasts more than a few weeks. It seems they get tired listening to each other too.