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How I tricked myself into liking running 19 Apr, 2021 02:07 AM 7 minutes to read Why is it so hard to start running? Photo / 123RF New York Times By: Farah Miller It s good for your mental and physical health, and doesn t require any equipment. So why does it seem so hard to get started? Until last week, the only time I d finished a race was during Track and Field Day in fifth grade. By middle school, I was trying to figure out how to get out of gym class because it was too hard for me to run a mile. Sports, in general, were not my thing. Running, less so. ....
How I Tricked Myself Into Liking Running It’s good for your mental and physical health, and doesn’t require any equipment. So why does it seem so hard to get started? Credit.Erik Isakson/Getty Images April 16, 2021Updated 8:35 p.m. ET Until last week, the only time I’d finished a race was during Track and Field Day in fifth grade. By middle school, I was trying to figure out how to get out of gym class because it was too hard for me to run a mile. Sports, in general, were not my thing. Running, less so. As an adult, I have gone to the gyms, taken exercise classes and worked with trainers. But none of it ever brought me joy, or made me want to keep doing such things. The most sustained exercise I did in the past decade was a regimen of deep knee bends with a colicky baby in my arms after my first kid was born. ....
The Power (and Joy) of Being Prepared An important lesson of 2020 is that preparation for a health crisis is a gift to the people you love. Today’s Well challenge shows you how. Credit.Andrew B Myers Early in the pandemic, I wondered what might happen if I came down with a serious case of Covid-19 and had to be hospitalized. My biggest concern was my dog and cat! I made a pact with a friend to look after them. But then I thought more about it. Who would pay the bills while I was away? Would I want doctors to take extreme measures, or even, God forbid, put me on a ventilator? How would my family make decisions about my health? I realized that I had failed to do the most basic planning to prepare my college-age daughter, an only child, for the responsibilities she would face if I became ill. ....