terça-feira, junho 21, 2016
Day 7: Stick To A Running Routine
Run your own route
How?
- Pick any running routes you like. You don’t have to be restricted in sports pitches or parks.
- Choose a route with great scenery. For example, you can run along promenades.
Why?
- You won’t be bored by seeing the same things every rounds on sport pitches
- You’ll be motivated by the scenery you see in your own running routes.
Reminder
- Have you run in your smart outfit today?
- Congratulations! It’s day 7 and you’ve made your running habit stick!
- Don’t forget to keep this habit in the coming days and run your way!
“If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don’t spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it.”
Priscilla Welch
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Day 5: Stick To A Running Routine
Run with friends
How?
- Make running your social gatherings with friends. You’ll see it as an activity to have fun rather than a training.
- Check with you friends each other’s progress. Mutual check keeps you stick to the routine.
Why?
- Friends serve as your companion to motivate you to stick to the running routine.
- Let’s face it, you perform better with peer pressure, right?
Reminder
- Feeling great to enjoy a breakfast after your run?
- Come on, let’s see what you can do to keep it up!
“Now bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible.”
Shakespeare
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Day 4: Stick To A Running Routine
Enjoy a good breakfast after your run
How?
- Have good carbohydrates such as wheat bread and brown rice. They resume your energy after you run and prevents blood sugar volatility.
- Have a palm size of meat. Meat is a great source of protein that helps repair and build muscles.
Why?
- A good breakfast restores your energy and motivates your next run.
- It encourages you to keep your running progress up.
Reminder
- Feeling tired? Remember the run-walk-run practice?
- Come on, let’s see what you can do to keep it up!
“As we run, we become.”
Amby Burfoot
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Day 3: Stick To A Running Routine
Run-walk-run
How?
- Include some walks in between your runs. You won’t give up easily because of being too tired to run forward.
- Reduce to a quick jog when you feel like too tired to keep running. Such jog resumes your energy and you can run again.
Why?
- You’ll feel less tired when you can jog as you run.
- You’ll be motivated to keep running when there’s less suffering.
Reminder
- Have you achieved the small goals you set?
- Come on, let’s see what you can do to keep it up!
“I always thought of running as just dancing forward.”
Tom Hiddleston
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Day 2: Stick To A Running Routine
Start with small goals
How?
- Have a 15-minute consecutive run to kickstart. Gradually increase your running time according to your own progress.
- Run 5 more minutes or 50 meters more every other day. You’ll see your progress without pushing yourself too far.
Why?
- Small and easy-to-achieve goals motivate you to keep running.
- You’ll be able to make progress. You’re more likely to stick to the routine.
Reminder
- Congratulations! You’ve made running a morning call!
- Come on, let’s see what you can do to keep it up!
“Nothing is more certain than the defeat of a man who gives up.”
George Sheehan
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Day 1: Stick To A Running Routine
Run in the morning
How?
- Set your alarm. It wakes you up and helps you kickstart the running habit.
- Sleep early. I know you’re tired but just go sleep early and you’ll be able to run with less pain.
Why?
- You only have real ‘me time’ in the morning. No work, no calls, no messages. You’re free from time constraint and disturbance.
- You’ll feel like overcoming a challenge when the day begins. You’ll feel empowered for the rest of your day.
Reminder
- In these 7 days, you’re expected to gradually build a habit of running that you can stick to.
- Running in the morning isn’t that bad, huh? Come on, let’s see what you can do to keep it up!
“Remember, the feeling you get from a good run is far better than the feeling you get from sitting around wishing you were running.”
Sarah Condor
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