Want to Get Fit? Keep Your Running Simple and Consistent.

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OK, the first week of January has come and gone. Have you blown your New Year’s resolution to get in the best shape of your life yet? OK, no, that’s not funny. The urge to get fit at the start of a new year is serious business to a lot of people, typically the top goal among Americans making resolutions, along with eating healthier and losing weight. And running can be a good impetus to achieving all three, but it can only happen if done in consistent, measured doses.

A series of challenges, injuries, time commitments and excuses led me to less-than-optimal fitness last year. While I’ve never been concerned with what I weight or my physical appearance,I definitely appreciate the benefits and the life-affirming vibe that comes from building and maintaining aerobic conditioning and general strength. Here are some of the key points I followed to start a simple and sensible approach to a running program that helped rejuvenate my fitness.

1. Just go for a run.

More than half the battle to start running is just … to start running. When we’re in a fitness rut or life is extremely busy, the time, effort or…

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