Barking Back at the Black Dog

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Ok, my original post didn’t start out as planned…..tried posting via e-mail..LOL

ahem… Tom Peters wrote in his blog a great piece about the correlation between robust physical excercize and the decrease of depression. It is a candid post about how his speed walking over the past 3 months has outdone meds in it’s ability to beat the “Black Dog” as he calls it.

Link: tompeters! management consulting leadership training development project management.

For the first time in memory I’ve come across a “sure fire” (WRONG! NO SUCH THING!) way to deal with the Black Dog, a/k/a depression. Meds help. But my new (three months old) “miracle” “med” is body-punishing, mind-short-circuiting exercise. I’ve been pretty consistently speed walking/aerobic walking for 16 years. Good stuff. But about three months ago I decided, for a host of reasons, to up the ante. Speed walking is now the centerpiece of my day, and I’ve increased my distance from a “good for you” level of 2.5-3.5 miles per day (less on the road) to 5-7 hilly miles (a lot in “walking world”).