Run for Good: How to Create a Lifelong Running Habit

Have you always wanted to learn to run and experience the life-changing benefits of running? Or have you tried to start running in the past, but just couldn’t stick with it? Maybe you thought you weren’t meant to be a runner, or just didn’t have the time, energy, motivation, or willpower to keep running. Whether you’re brand-new to running, tried it in the past without much success, or you just can’t get into a running groove, RUN FOR GOOD gives you a comprehensive roadmap to starting and maintaining a lifelong running habit.

Based on her years of experience as a runner, certified running coach and trainer, and fitness writer/researcher, author Christine Luff gives you an expert-guided, step-by-step plan for creating an enduring running habit.

In this book, you’ll learn:

-Tips on how to run, what to wear, and how to make running easier

-How to establish a habit loop to make running part of your regular routine

-How to deal with inevitable setbacks and roadblocks that pop up

-How to run smartly and safely with the right training schedules

-Tips, tricks, and effective strategies to stay motivated to keep running

-Strategies for racing, proper nutrition, injury prevention to keep your running habit going

-How to avoid issues and problems that have derailed your healthy habits in the past

-Advice on how to make running a rewarding and fun part of your life.

This ultimate guide to running will get you started on the right foot with running, help you develop (or re-discover) a love and gratitude for running, and inspire and motivate you to keep running – for good.

Anyone can start running. Some people get excited about running, and they go out and buy new running shoes and expensive blister-proof running socks, or maybe even invest in a state-of-the-art treadmill. But those good intentions often fade as the running shoes get pushed to the back of the closet, the socks get shoved to the bottom of a drawer, and the treadmill turns into a very expensive clothes hanger. On the other hand, there are those people who start running and soon find themselves replacing their worn-out running shoes, socks, and treadmill belt because of frequent use. They start to look forward to - and even begin to crave - their next run. What makes the habit stick for some people and not others? Why do some people push through those first few weeks, maybe even months, of difficult runs to get to the point where they can run comfortably? How do you get to experience the life-changing effects of running?Through my work as a running coach for the past 15 years, my own personal experience as a runner, and the research I've done as a health and fitness writer, I've learned strategies and tricks to help break the cycle of starting and stopping healthy habits, then re-starting and stopping again, dropping your habit not too long after you've started. How to Use Run for GoodIf you've ever wanted to start running and didn't know how to go about it, then this book is for you. If you've ever started running, did it for a few weeks, but just couldn't turn it into a regular habit, then this book is for you. If you're currently a runner, but feel like you could use some help in the motivation department and you're seeking expert running advice, then this is the book for you. Even once you've finished this book and have an established running habit, you can re-visit it when you need some advice or a motivation boost.While Run for Good details a lot of practical advice about getting started with running (what to wear, how to run, what to eat, schedules to follow, and much more), it also explains the exact steps you need to take to establish a solid running habit and offers many habit-making strategies to make it stick. You'll get insights into why your efforts to start running, or any healthy habit for that matter, may have failed in the past and what you can do to change that pattern. Using the strategies and tips presented in this book, you'll develop (or re-discover!) a love and gratitude for running that will make you want to nurture and continue your long-term relationship with it. Think of Run for Good as an experienced, knowledgeable running friend, who wants to do everything possible to help you succeed.