When I was younger, I went through intermittent spurts of running. I couldn’t seem to get motivated to run consistently. In fact, I dreaded every plodding step. Why is it so hard to get motivated to run? What was the problem? My nearly sole motivation for exercise was calorie burn. Read more…
If you’ve been running regularly for six months or more and your progress has plateaud, it’s time to take things up a notch! Read below for tips on how to improve your running. When I first started running as a teenager, I had no clue what I was doing. I Read more…
Confession: I am sorely in need of some exercise motivation tips. How about you? We all start the year with good intentions when it comes to exercise motivation tips. But then, other things that need our attention, work that won’t do itself, and little people that need us. Plus the Read more…
I completed my first triathlon in 2009, but the idea sparked years earlier during my then-current exercise routine—a tortuous out-and-back three-mile jog with a smoke break halfway. I’m not sure how I first thought of it; I was probably craving some fun. Because my “training” was pure drudgery, a punishment Read more…