| Face it: Running or walking with enthusiasm is | | | | If you have to work out on a different day than |
| more fun than running or walking without it. Here | | | | what you had planned, then tell yourself that |
| are eight suggestions for how to do this. | | | | everything will be fine in the long term. If you |
| Suggestion 1. Watch inspiring videos! | | | | have to adjust your plan during a workout, then |
| Stimulate your unconscious mind with inspiring | | | | look forward to doing something new -- such as |
| videos about people who have overcome great | | | | running down a new street. |
| odds in their walks or runs. You can find these as | | | | Suggestion 5. Pamper yourself! |
| DVDs and, at least in shorter segments, as online | | | | Running or walking workouts can take a lot out of |
| videos. Search the Web and online retailers for | | | | you, especially the long-distance ones. Even if you |
| words such as inspiration, inspiring, runner, walker, | | | | include rest in your weekly schedule, you can still |
| run, walk, and trek. | | | | lose your enthusiasm for your workouts. So |
| Suggestion 2. Visit inspiring websites! | | | | pamper yourself with treats such as massages, |
| Go where the action is -- to websites frequented | | | | swims, and sometimes going to bed early. |
| by runners and walkers. Read online articles at | | | | Suggestion 6. Wear the right clothes! |
| websites such as the one operated by the | | | | If your clothes abrade or irritate your skin or do |
| publisher of Runner's World magazine. Post | | | | not wick away your perspiration efficiently, then |
| questions about keeping up one's enthusiasm. | | | | you may start to see your workouts as a |
| Encourage others to reach their goals. Look for | | | | burden. Get and wear the right clothes from head |
| inspiring posts at blogs for runners and walkers, | | | | (cap) to toes (shoes and socks) to keep your |
| and post comments that share your own | | | | enthusiasm up. |
| enthusiasm and that thank the writers of the blog | | | | Suggestion 7. Hydrate well! |
| posts. | | | | Your body is largely water. When you are |
| Suggestion 3. Believe that you can do it! | | | | "drained" of water, your enthusiasm is drained, |
| The most important distance, as many say, is the | | | | too. Take care to replenish your body's water, |
| six inches between your ears. Take control of | | | | not only while working out but also while away |
| your beliefs. Gently challenge your negative beliefs, | | | | from your runs or walks. |
| and replace them with positive beliefs that you | | | | Suggestion 8. Eat properly! |
| can walk or run whatever distance you choose. | | | | Find and eat the foods that nourish and sustain |
| Suggestion 4. Be flexible! | | | | your body -- and your enthusiasm. |