London, Ontario, the man ends the 24 -year -old daily walking series that has brought him all over the world
Gary Price of London, Ontario, linked his runners and started walking on April 1, 2001. He has been walking every day, rain or sun since then. But now, after 8,766 consecutive days, the 75 -year -old ended his series of walking in his condition.
“Twenty -four years ago, I saw a good friend of mine who had suffered a heart attack at the age of 51. He was in the hospital and was in rather difficult form, and I thought:” Oh my God, if he could happen to him, can happen to me, “said Price.
While his friend survived the heart attack, he prompted Price to find a way to become active.
“I heard that I should have started looking for some form of exercise to keep me healthy, and I think we would all agree that the best form of exercise is the exercise you actually do,” he said.
Price said he remembered he walked with John Davidson while he trained Jesse’s journey In the 90s and I really liked it. So, he tied his shoes and left his house for a 40-minute walk on Sunday 1 April 2001, which repeated the next day the next-pin to date.
London morning6:27London’s man breaks the series of walking 24 years
Londonse Gary Alan Price has gone to walk every single day in the past 24 years. Today that series is breaking. London Morning spoke with Gary Alan Price to end the series of walks of decades and what he brought to it in the first place.
Price’s walks brought him all over the world, from the great wall of China to the pyramids of Giza and the base of Mount Rushmore. He walked in every province and territory in Canada, 20 US states and 12 countries. He also met a black bear in one of his walks that was so kind that he left him alone.
Sunday, Price was reached by friends and family to the Westmount Mall to celebrate his 24 -year -old milestone.
“He became part of our life,” said Diane Price, Gary’s wife. “Everyone knows the walk. It’s Gary’s walk.”
The decision to end his series of walks after 24 years comes when he feels that it is time to let her go.
“As you age a little, you have a little less energy, and so I was 51 when I started this, and now I am 75 years old,” said Price. “I decided to transform myself from daily commitment to walk to a daily choice. I will take me on Tuesday completely to make it more firm. And then, then, then on Wednesday and in the following days, it will be my choice if I go out and walk or not.”
Price admits that he will probably be out again for a walk on Thursday and hopes that his passion to remain active will inspire others to get out and do the same.
