4 Stunning Revelations An Idiot Has About Running
I'm going to talk about running. Feel free to click away. I certainly would have, two months ago. Running, jogging, exercising or indeed, physical movement in general were all things that I had absolutely no interest in. The only way I was running anywhere was if there was a lion behind me and an ice cream truck in front of me. But cut to about six weeks later, and now I'm running three times a week, and wishing it could be more. I'm still terrible at it, mind you -- it's like watching a fat bird trying to escape the tyranny of its own legs -- but I'm goddamn doing it, and there's nobody more surprised by that fact than me. And all because I realized four stupidly simple things:
It's Not an All or Nothing Scenario
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The Clothes Actually Do Something
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Runners Aren't All Lying Scumbags
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It's True: Bodies Actually Are Capable of Improvement
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