10 Tips to Supercharge Your Running Routine

By rethinking our running habits we can maximize running’s benefits and minimize its shortcomings

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Running bestows a broad range of health and fitness benefits, but those benefits are limited when you run the same way every single day. For instance, if you always run on a path, at the same speed, listening to your MP3 player, at the same time of day, on the same slope, in the same shoes, for the same distance...well, you are robbing yourself of some of the benefits you could be getting from all that valuable movement time.

There are many variables that affect the benefits your run can give you, and we rarely take the time to think about it. So, to help you spice up your running efforts and make sure that you reap the full rewards from each run workout, here are some ways to make your run workout more challenging and beneficial.

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10 Tips to Enhance Your Run

Vary Your Terrain
Run Somewhere New
Run In a Group
Stop and Smell the Freakin’ Roses
Wear Different Shoes
Run Tech Free
Try Multi-tasking
Carry Something
Vary Your Speed
Run More Often

Let’s explore each tip in more detail.

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