BALTIMORE (WJZ) – It’s light and early – 7:30 a.m. on the corner of Sisson and 27th at the height of the pandemic. You’d think it was 4 p.m., it’s so loud.
An Earth Wind & Fire album roars as hikers in sweatshirts and hoodies pass the entrance. You did this for 52 weeks in a row.
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Chauncey Whitehead, dressed in all black matching overalls, leads the way. He is a local fitness trainer who leads the way through Druid Hill Park for “The Corona Walk”.
“Set up your GPS and monitors – whatever you have,” he yells on a megaphone.
“I decided to get out of here and go because like everyone else I was confused,” he said.
Everyone was. Some still are.
“The next thing you know, a couple of people came up to me and it became a mandatory Sunday stress walk.”
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Three miles. You are still here, 50 hikers deep.
“Gyms closed. He brought the gym here, ”says one of them.
“Mile 1 Shareen, let’s go!” can be heard in the distance at the beginning of the walk. But why? For unity.
“If you go you will get to know your neighbors. My mantra is a community that goes together and has conversations with one another, ”he said.
A half marathon and a year later, the steps don’t stop anytime soon.
“I plan to continue doing this until I can no longer walk,” said Whitehead.
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Local big names are among the hikers like Sheila Dixon and Maya Rockeymoore Cummings.
