How to love running

I’ve received some questions from people asking how I started to get into running and if it’s possible to make yourself love running…and I thought I’d just answer them all in one text post!

I started running my Sophomore year of high school when I joined cross country. When I joined I could barely run a mile without dying of cramps. Thankfully, as I continued running daily, this changed! I gained endurance and my body began to get used to running regularly. In no time I was running 4-6 miles daily like it was no thang!

It’s no different than with anything else in life; when you do something repetitively, you get used to doing it! If you start running even just a mile a day, you and your body will eventually start to crave it, and even crave to go farther!

I think anyone can learn to love running, it’s so addictive!

My own advice is to start outside…I find that I go further outside looking at the scenery, not inside on a treadmill or track distracted by the number of loops or number on the screen! Also make a playlist of songs you love! People say fast-paced jams are best because you generally run to the beat. At the moment my favorite thing to run to is the Young The Giant Pandora station, so good! But also I really like to listen to Coldplay’s Discography on shuffle…might sound weird but their music (even slow stuff) pushes me to keep going!

Don’t be hard on yourself and be proud of every distance you reach, whether it’s half a mile or 10!