Health & Injuries “new you” resolutions: Shed those last five pounds (okay, fine, maybe 10), quit your late-night relationship with Ben & Jerry’s, stop hitting the snooze button every morning. But rather than use this motivating season to completely remodel yourself into someone new—which sends the demotivating message that there was something wrong with you to begin with—why not invest your energy into maximizing all the great assets you already have?
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I, for one, plan on making 2018 a year of adding more richness to my life rather than focusing on things I must subtract. That means more time spent planning and pursuing new adventures with friends, whether it’s a never-tried racecourse (London Marathon, I’m looking at you!) or a cross-training class (boxing always intimidated me, but now I’m eager for a healthy way to release pent-up stress). Running will continue to be a constant in my life, but one that is always evolving. As I write this, I am in the middle of the #RWrunstreak and discovering that committing to run at least one mile a day is more freeing than I’d imagined. Lacing up has become less about what I must accomplish on a short run and more about what I might discover and get to simply enjoy. It’s a brief moving-meditation break when I get to leave the desk in the late afternoon, go outdoors, and notice how early the moon rises in the winter, how pretty the sunsets are, how even just one mile energizes you.
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Goal-setting is more effective when you choose a resolution with purpose—one that makes you feel good about tapping your existing superpowers and gets you closer to reaching your full potential. To help you decide, check out “Races & Places.” You’ll find 30-day action plans to get more out of your running life—faster speeds, better endurance, lasting peace of mind. You’ve got nothing to lose. Gain on!
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