| If you are not a jogger or runner, it can be pretty | | | | will make the world of difference to your perspective. |
| difficult to understand the appeal of pounding the | | | | 3. Creates A Feeling of Freedom |
| pavement. So, why do I love to run? Well, for me there | | | | The great thing about running for me is that you are |
| are five reasons that I want to share with you and | | | | able to just let go and do something on your own |
| they are: | | | | terms. Sadly, most of us are faced with various |
| 1. Gives You A Positive Energy Boost | | | | situations in life that are best described with words |
| 2. Gets You Outside | | | | such as responsibility, commitment, reliability or my |
| 3. Creates A Feeling of Freedom | | | | personal favourite, "behaving like an adult". For me, |
| 4. Do It Alone or with a friend | | | | running is a great chance to just leave all of that |
| 5. No Structure | | | | behind for a short period of time because you are |
| 1. Gives You A Positive Energy Boost | | | | free to do what you want. A pretty rare thing in most |
| Forget caffeine or energy drinks, there is absolutely | | | | peoples' lives these days. |
| nothing like the energy boost I get from a good, hard | | | | 4. Alone or with a Friend |
| run. When I wake up feeling slow or lethargic, it may | | | | This plays into my previous point. Running can give you |
| sound incredibly strange, but for me that is when I | | | | the freedom to do what you like. This includes the |
| have to run. Even if I just go for fifteen minutes, I know | | | | freedom to create a social occasion or have some |
| that I will feel more alert and energized for the rest of | | | | alone time. There are definitely times when running |
| my day, if I can just make myself go for a run. Whilst it | | | | with a friend can be lots of fun and it is something I |
| may seem illogical to exercise when you are feeling | | | | have done many times. Likewise, running alone can |
| exhausted, this is something that really helps me | | | | give you some space to refocus or take a break from |
| maintain my natural buzz and gives me a morning kick | | | | everything else that is happening in your life. A moment |
| start that absolutely nothing else can replace. | | | | when you are not answerable to anyone can be |
| 2. Gets You Outside | | | | incredibly precious. I love that flexibility and versatility. |
| If you work in a corporate environment, it can be really | | | | 5. No Structure |
| easy to get into a pattern where you spend days on | | | | You can run anywhere, anytime. I run at home and on |
| end indoors. You are sitting in artificial lighting, breathing | | | | holidays. I run at all times of day depending on my |
| recycled air and it can literally feel like the life is being | | | | schedule. I run in lots of different locations around my |
| drained from you. Running is an opportunity to get | | | | home town from beaches to parks to around the |
| outside and breathe fresh air. There are very few | | | | block. I love that there is no structure in running. It is just |
| conditions in which you cannot run and with modern | | | | great to know that you can always find a way to fit a |
| equipment, there is plenty of gear to help you feel | | | | run in. |
| comfortable irrespective of the conditions. The effect | | | | So, they are some of the reasons that I love running. I |
| of having a bit of fresh air in your lungs can be | | | | would love to hear what other people have to say as I |
| phenomenal. Whether it is at the start or end of your | | | | am sure there are lots more!. |
| day, I guarantee you that a run in the great outdoors | | | | |