Krista Catwood wanted a fun way to exercise, so she started a mall-walking group whose unofficial costume was 1980s garb. The ...

Candice Denise Owens likes to get in 8,000 to 10,000 steps each day. But one day last fall, the 44-year-old Baltimore resident realized she didn’t want to head outdoors for her daily walk. “It was too ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Food Court 5000” is a 1980s-inspired mall-walking group that meets weekly at a Portland, Oregon mall. (Courtesy Melissa Dickerson ...

In Portland, Oregon, an intergenerational group has started a joyful weekly mall walking tradition, complete with colorful costumes.

Brice and Beth Keith have gone to the Oaks Mall nearly every day for years. But the couple hasn’t spent a penny on merchandise. In fact, they haven’t even entered a store. Instead, they go to the Oaks ...

Paula Scott and Emma Parkhurst participate in the Walk the Hills Mall Walkers Club, put on by Layton Hills Mall and USU Extension, at Layton Hills Mall in Layton on July 17. Parkhurst leads the event.

For a group of local mall walkers, it has become a team sport. Every morning just before Hamilton Place Mall opens its doors, they begin arriving near the mall entrance. The group greets each new ...

Walking buddies Ruth Herman, 75, and Wilma Force, 71, probably know each other better than most friends. Both women have been mall walking early mornings at Sharpstown Mall since 1985, chatting while ...

Krista Catwood hates to exercise. “Some people get an endorphin rush — I don’t and it feels miserable,” Catwood, a 43-year-old mom in Oregon, tells TODAY.com. “Exercise can border on suffering.” As a ...