National Running Day June 3, 2015: By Coach Stephanie

Hip, Hip, Hooray!!!  It’s National Running Day!!!
 
So, how are you going to celebrate?

It’s a week day.  Smack dab in the middle of the first week of June.  Schedules are going berzerk.  Meetings are lining up.  To-do lists are gaining speed like jaguars on a hunt.  Who has time to celebrate National Running Day?

YOU DO.  No, really.  You do.

Training doesn’t just include running.  Other sports count, too!  Big time!  Cross training fits in there at the top of a long list of important factors in being your best self during a race/meet/match/game.   So, maybe for today, running is the target celebration for the masses, but there are all sorts of cross/strength training activities available for you to add to the celebration and inch you toward your goals.  Even stretching/rolling will count toward celebrating and you can better prepare yourself for that awesome run in the next few days.

Not convinced you are going to engage in celebratory behaviors today?  How about checking out all of the running retail goods?  Have you seen all of the online promotions and race fee discounts available?  Maybe today is the day you sign up for that race or snag that amazing new training gear or try some new health foods?  I do call that celebrating, by the way!

So, maybe you really can’t get in that run you really craved.  Or, maybe you are that person who still thinks they hate running.  I get it.  I could even pretend it was “National Play Hockey Day” or “Cross Fit Day” (or whatever your fitness activity) in order to keep up the celebrations.  No matter what we are calling it, get out there and find something that you can celebrate every single step towards your triumph.  At the risk of sounding a tad hokey, every day can be running day!!

Let’s celebrate your triumph and hard work today!