Friday Fitness Tip

Here's your fitness tip of the week: when you are first starting out with running, don't try to just go out and run three miles (or even one mile).  Not only could you injure yourself,  you most likely will get frustrated and give up, and fall back on an old excuse ("my ankles are too weak" was mine).  Instead, try run/walking- first, for one minute each, then two minutes running, one minute walking, then three minutes running, one minute walking... you get the idea.  Before you know it, you'll be running a 5K, and maybe in a year (like me) you'll be finishing your first marathon!  The bottom line is that you want to get to the point where you feel more comfortable running, and honestly, eventually you will get to the point where running is actually fun! Yes, you heard me right, FUN.  I used to hate running, but one day I just started trying-  I ran about 10 minutes at a time, but it was still better than nothing.  You can do it too!