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Why She Runs

2012 State of the Sport – Part I: Growth of Women’s Running

Why She Runs

Why She Runs

Why She Runs
Why are more women running: young and old, heavy or thin, former athlete or not? Women run for innately personal reasons, but there are some universal tendencies. Kristin Armstrong, contributing editor to Runner’s World and author of Mile Markers: The 26.2 Most Important Reasons Why Women Run talked about her own personal journey. “Running is connected to my family, my parenting, my spiritual life, my fitness, my friendships, my health, my sanity, my peace. I can clear my head and solve problems when I run, or make peace with not knowing. I can find beauty, or at least redemption, no matter what.” [Read more…]

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Maintaining motivation

This article follows on from Motivation – Mind Power – the will to do

Maintaining Motivation

Maintaining Motivation

Maintaining motivation

In order to sustain motivation once you have set yourself a goal you need to maintain it. Initially you might be enthusiastic, but as the daily slog on the road to achieving it wears off and other external factors such as bad weather, sick children, overload of work and family duties etc. gets in the way, your motivation could wear off fast. What you need to do is to constantly remind yourself of your goal, so that it is real and it cannot efface itself and you cannot cower away from it. For example for big races that I have prepared for I have pasted up profiles of the course, and or pictures that I find motivating. These may not necessarily be running-related pictures but pictures of either of people whom I admire some other image that is meaningful or inspirational to me. [Read more…]

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Motivation – Mind Power – the will to do

Cassandra Davis - Women's section EditorIn the first of Cassandra Davis’ articles she explores Motivation. The head of the Time-to-Run Women’s section is a former winner of national titles and an international athlete as well as a mother of three.

Motivation - Mind Power

Motivation – Mind Power

I am often asked how I keep motivated to run every day. For me this seems strange because I love running. People have been known to excel in activities, which give them little pleasure, but of course you are more likely to succeed in doing things that reward you with physical stimulation and psychological satisfaction. [Read more…]

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