Life takes time. There are no shortcuts. Turns out, the same is true with running. But in either case, it’s usually never as complicated as we sometimes make it out to be—especially if viewed in small bits on a daily basis.
Last fall, after a disappointing year of running because of marginal fitness and a lack of motivation, I was inspired to make radical changes to my training. What did I do? I just started running. Every single day.
Seems pretty basic, I know, but that’s exactly the point. After a gazillion things got in the way of consistent training last year—work, weather, travel, life stress, injuries, fatigue—I simplified things and made a commitment to run at least 30 minutes every day, no matter what it took, no matter what real or perceived obstacles got in the way.
Running Reboot
I’ve been running regularly since I was in the sixth grade and have since logged more than 80,000 miles in my life. That includes running middle-distance track races, big city marathons, 100-mile trail runs, wacky pack burro races, and adventurous jaunts up and down 14,000-foot peaks. But last year a tweaky left knee,…
