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These 5 Steps Will Make You A Long Distance Running Superstar
Let’s face it. Running can be hard, yet as children, we didn’t think twice about it. If we felt the urge, we sprang at will into motion. I remember as a young teen, neighborhood friends would come knock on my door and ask if I could come out and play ball. I greatly anticipated that door bell ring at 10 am on a Saturday because I knew I’d get the chance to move. The feeling of subjecting my body to extremely rigorous physical demands was exhilarating.
Around the time I was 14, heavily influenced by my new found infatuation with the martial arts and physical fitness, I developed a desire to see how far I could push my body. I wanted to be like Bruce Lee and the fit anime characters I grew up idolizing. Something about that world attracted me. While other kids my age were inside playing video games, I wanted to see how many push ups and pull ups I could do, how much weight I could lift, and yes, how far I could run.
The Start of My Running Habit
I started running without knowing what I was doing. I’d run my neighborhood from beginning to end and arrive back at my house out of breath, my body drenched in sweat. I thought I was doing things the right way. That is, until the headaches and knee problems started. I realized eventually that I wasn’t hydrating my body well. In…
