Running
- 1. Fitango Education Health Topics Running http://www.fitango.com/categories.php?id=573
- 2. Overview Running is defined as the following action: “To move swiftly on foot so that both feet leave the ground during each stride.” Running is also 1
- 3. Overview one of the most popular mass-participation sports in the world with large running events –such as the New York and London marathons – drawing a wide number of competitors from around the world. It was reported that in 2002 as 2
- 4. Overview many as 7.7 million Americans took part in road races. 3
- 5. Top resources Runner’s World www.runnersworld.com New York Road Runners http://www.nyrr.org/ Cool Running 4
- 6. Top resources http://www.coolrunning.com/ Running & Jogging http://running.about.com/ Map My Run 5
- 7. Why I run Taken from the moteevate blog. I was 27-years-old when my metabolism finally gave in. Until then I could eat whatever I wanted to eat, drink as much 6
- 8. Why I run as I wanted to drink and park myself on the couch for as long as I liked. It didn’t matter what I did, my body just wouldn’t accumulate any fat. I was a rake, stick-thin, able to wriggle into any pair of pants with ease. But that all suddenly stopped when I hit my 7
- 9. Why I run late twenties. I began to notice a dune of fat forming around my midriff, an overspill of flesh poured over my waistband, and my bottom began to look like it didn’t belong in skinny jeans. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t put on a huge 8
- 10. Why I run amount of weight, but it was enough to notice or make people wonder if I was smuggling something under my shirt. That was my motivation to start running again. I say again because, back in high school, I was a keen cross country 9
- 11. Why I run runner. In those halcyon days I would zip through half a mile in a little over two minutes. Training was intense – I ran across endless sand dunes that stretched out across the Scottish coastline, veered inland and sped through 10
- 12. Why I run scarp, vale and stubble fields, and thought nothing of rushing up hills and barreling down the other side. But then off I went to university and suddenly hill reps and weekend races didn’t seem like such a good idea. Within a couple 11
- 13. Why I run of months I would only ever run to catch a bus. You might think that my previous athletic experience would be a help when I laced up my running shoes after all those years. Quite the opposite in fact – when I started running again my inability 12
- 14. Why I run to trundle through a mile without feeling like my lungs had been napalmed made for a cruel reminder of how unkind I’d been to my body. I thought that it would be easy to get back into shape, that I’d shed pounds and smash my personal 13
- 15. Why I run bests in no time. I mean, I’m an adult now, surely the late twenties me can run faster than the 15-year-old version? Well, it turns out that me 2.0 isn’t even quick enough to taste the dust of my teenage self. The culmination of too many 14
- 16. Why I run late nights, too much beer and a knee mangled in a bizarre dry ski slope accident (but that’s another blog post entirely). But still I kept on running. Don’t get me wrong, those first few training sessions were tough. There was the physical 15
- 17. Why I run pain of dragging leaden legs through two miles of continuous running; then there was the wounded pride when I realized that my body couldn’t handle what my mind expected it to do. But I didn’t give up because I knew that, even if I 16
- 18. Why I run was trundling rather than running, I was starting to get healthy again. Soon enough I saw changes in my body. I could return to store changing rooms and try on skinny fit jeans without fear of getting stuck and having to be removed from them by the “Jaws of Life”. 17
- 19. Why I run After that I still didn’t stop running. I kept on going because, when the fear of going into cardiac arrest had cooled, I realized that, actually, I really enjoy it. There’s a real pleasure in doing 18
- 20. Why I run something so primal, something as fundamental as putting one foot in front of the other. Increasingly we are cooped up in offices and stuck behind desks all day; it’s liberating to use your body for something other than tapping away on 19
- 21. Why I run a keyboard. I also found that running makes me feel great. There is nothing more therapeutic than pounding all of your worries out on the tarmac. Your job, your relationship, your mortgage, your team’s chances of making the 20
- 22. Why I run playoffs – none of that stuff matters when you’re three miles into a session and towing your butt up a massive hill. So, I guess, the reason I’ve kept on running is because my mind has paired it with positives – I find it therapeutic 21
- 23. Why I run and it makes me feel good. This, it seems, is a crucial factor in maintaining the motivation to keep lacing up your running shoes and hitting the road. While panning for internet gold to post on the moteevate twitter feed 22
- 24. Why I run I came across this Huffington Post article. In it Christy Matta – trainer, consultant, writer and general all-round motivational guru – said: “If exercising more often is paired in your mind with missing relaxing time in 23
- 25. Why I run front of the TV, you’ll likely lose your enthusiasm for exercising. On the other hand, if exercising means you get a much- needed break and some time with a friend, you’re much more likely to stick with it.” So, if you’re struggling to heave yourself 24
- 26. Why I run off the couch, pause for a second and try to re- classify the role of exercise in your life. It shouldn’t be a chore, and if it is you will pass it up whenever you get the chance. Instead, pair it with positives – the buzz you get 25
- 27. Why I run after completing a workout, the way exercise clears your mind or, if this works for you, the opportunity it gives you to wear spandex. I’ve found my positives, and since then I’ve never looked back – except to admire my once- again-svelte rear end. 26
- 28. Why I run Matthew Nelson 27