Anyone can run commute. As long as you set your mind to it, you can do it.
Ok, ok… Maybe not everyone can do it, but the hardest part of trying anything new is convincing yourself to give it a shot and then doing it.
Disregard the initial, extremist thoughts that may enter your head when you think about run commuting: Namely, that it means you have to do it every day, only athletes are able to run like that, or you can’t because you need special facilities at your job to do so (shower).
I’ve heard many reasons why people can’t do things – as in, “I could never bike to the grocery store,” or “I could NEVER give up cheese/junk food/TV” and after making a few changes in my life, I realize now how much this annoys me. But they’ve convinced themselves they couldn’t do whatever it was before they even tried. It used to be me, too. Continue reading “Getting Started – Part 1: Mentality”