A lot of people ask me how I stay motivated to run on a consistent basis. Most of the time I\u2019ll say it\u2019s because I love it, which is true. I really do enjoy running. It\u2019s that simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But even so, there are certainly times when I know that I should go out for a run, but really just don\u2019t want to. It\u2019s nothing personal against running, I just don\u2019t feel like it. We all have those days. And that\u2019s fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yesterday wasn\u2019t one of those days, though. In fact, yesterday I couldn\u2019t wait to lace up my sneakers and go. And that\u2019s because I got to run here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And discover picturesque little parks like this one here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was such a gorgeous day out, I felt like I was on vacation. I\u2019m pretty sure every other New Yorker in the park felt that way too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This dude definitely did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My point is. If you find fun, pretty, exciting places to run, you\u2019ll actually look forward to hitting the road for a few miles. And this concept doesn\u2019t only apply to running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not everyone was meant to be a runner. Some people will just never enjoy it, I know. But if you find a type of exercise, whatever it may be, that you love, it will always keep you coming back for more. Then, finding that motivation to get up and get at it everyday won\u2019t be so hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Exercise should never feel like a chore. It should be enjoyed. There\u2019s really no need to grit your teeth through an entire workout just because you \u201cneed to burn the calories\u201d or \u201cget in your 30 minutes for the day.\u201d Why force yourself to do something if you\u2019re not gonna have fun? It\u2019s your<\/strong> free time that you\u2019re using to exercise, you might as well enjoy it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n What\u2019s your favorite way to exercise?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A lot of people ask me how I stay motivated to run on a consistent basis. Most of the time I\u2019ll say it\u2019s because I love it, which is true. I really do enjoy running. It\u2019s that simple. But even...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[47,48,8],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hungry-runner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hungry-runner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hungry-runner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hungry-runner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hungry-runner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hungry-runner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/www.hungry-runner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions\/89"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hungry-runner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hungry-runner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hungry-runner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hungry-runner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}