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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

How to Motivate Yourself to Run

!±8± How to Motivate Yourself to Run

The basic truth about running is that people start running as an exercise then after a few days they find reasons and excuses not to do it anymore. The most common excuses are fatigue and work. Some people go to the extent of procrastinating. The next thing is that these people are back to being couch potatoes and those running shoes start gathering dust in the dark corners of the shoe cabinet.

This article describes two main factors that can help you motivate yourself to run.

The first factor that can help motivate you to run regularly is to look for a friend or an acquaintance who regularly runs and who is reaping the rewards of a regular daily running routine. The thing is to make sure that you join this person in his regular running routine. This person's running habits will eventually have you running like this person does. This will allow you to find out what kind of running routine will work for you. If you get into the habit of skipping this chance to run with a real runner, then you are just wasting your time, but that person's time as well.

The second factor is to simply start on your own. Just start out on your own and simply do a little running for the first few days to allow your body to get the hang of it. Here is the thing, chances are you will not find a running partner so you have to do it yourself. Think of the benefits like a healthier you and less stress for you.