** New time, New start, New you **
I think this a better time of the Year to make a new start than the traditional 1st Jan.
It’s the ideal time to start (or re-start) a running routine. If you have been off the road, then now is the time to shake it up a bit.
The key to all this is GET OUT THE DOOR. 🏃♂️🏃♀️
* Nights are brighter, the weather is better and it is easier to get a run in the evening.
You will have a lot less excuses for not going out. You have used them all up. Time for action
*Go to the Countryside and enjoy a bit of nature. See the plants blooming, the animals in the fields, feeling the sun on your back, breeze hitting your arms and legs for the first time in months.
* Nice short races coming up to target and use as a goal and test the state of your current fitness. No need to go mad. Just take part and enjoy the run.
* It is much easier to be healthy with food at this time of year. A nice salad in April is more appetising than in the depths of January when all you want is warm comfort food. If you eaten your bodyweight in chocolate since last Autumn then maybe give it a break until the Easter Eggs.
* When you are doing speed work / interval training you do not cool down (Freeze) 20 seconds after you stop, so it is much easier to do these sessions. Running is so much more enjoyable.
* For weekend long runs maybe go somewhere different where you have not run for a while and keep changing routes to somewhere nice.
* It is great not be searching for multiple layers, gloves, hat and maybe a dry pair of runners before you run.
You can wear shorts and a t-shirt again and cut 10mins off your preparation time unless you feel the need to apply the fake tan.
You might even recognise your running buddies and remember what they once looked like.
**** Big one
A nice jog with a few friends on a good morning / evening is better than all the medication and counselling that are available. You will feel better about yourself and life in general.
The healthier, fitter, stronger you are especially with regards to lungs and aerobic fitness, then the better chance you have of staying healthy. There are no guarantees but try to stack the odds in your own favour.
Don’t beat yourself up with regards to how far or how fast, just get out there. Enough bad stuff going on, we need a run with the buddies.
GET OFF THE COUCH
Just get going. Ask yourself WHY NOT…!!
#pwr #KeeponRunning #luvukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦
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