Aurora walkers log 20 years, 10,000 miles together

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Local men start their days with 3-mile routine

Pictured from left, Kelly Grossnicklaus, Jeff Bart and Todd Jensen walk on the AHS track Friday, the 20th anniversary of when the daily 3-mile routine began. News-Register/Kurt Johnson
Pictured from left, Kelly Grossnicklaus, Jeff Bart and Todd Jensen walk on the AHS track Friday, the 20th anniversary of when the daily 3-mile routine began. News-Register/Kurt Johnson

A group of Aurora men hit a 20-year milestone Friday, walking together each weekday morning in all kinds of weather, sharing friendship, stories and a desire to stay healthy.

It all started back on Aug. 21, 2000, after a golf outing in Grand Island, recalled Kelly Grossnicklaus. Twenty years later, the group’s unofficial recorder added up an estimated 10,000 miles of walking and talking in and arou…