Marina Walkies

Walking is considered to be one of the very good exercises. In olden day’s, man used to hunt his own food, hence any special walking sessions were not required. But now with our vastly sedentary life style, we resolve to particularly include walks/ jogs in our daily routine, so as to chase our ideal body weight. There are many types of walking and walkers have their own way or style in it. I used to observe these when I went for walks along the Richmond marina.

The couple walk - this includes 2 people who spend less time walking and more time talking, my husband and I fall into this category.

The cautious parent walk - it has a couple and 1 or more kids around them running / cycling, the parents usually fretting about their safety.

The parent, kid and pet walk - it has all the above and a pet frisking around merrily

Me and my pet walk - this has the walker, the pet and some polythenes

Me cycling, pet running exercise - here the person rides and the pet runs

The tiny pet walk - the pet is so small, that only the walker along with the leash is visible at first glance

The boyfriend-girlfriend walk - this u can notice when there is quite some giggling and preening around....with frequent question-filled expressions on each other's faces....like the classic 'does he like me' expression ? 'Can I ask her out again' expression? Etc

The music walk - the person is very much involved in his/her music gadget, it feels as though they walk or run in the same tempo the song is tuned to

The weight watchers walk - the people who run/walk panting hugely with an expression of, let me complete this and I’ll treat myself to a giant whopper

The old people walk - old people neatly dressed complaining about the many things in life and walking too

The team walk - around 3 to 4 people make a walking club, the noise made by these is more than the calories they burn

I love my body walk - these are the tightly clad people, showing off their muscular hands or flat abs as they exercise

The barbeque walk - this group needs to finish walking fast as they need to ready the barbeque soon

The smiley walk - these people smile at others who come across and include an occasional Hi-Hello