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caption112 There are so many physical and mental benefits to hitting the road, writes Beverley Hadgraft run! R unning is simple, convenient and makes you feel a million dollars. So why aren’t you out there? With the help of John Polley, training specialist from JP Active Movement & Treatment, we bust a few common concerns and excuses... No-one has time. We all have to go to work, cook dinner, take the car in for a service. But if you can’t make time for a half-hour run, you’re probably not making time for your health at all. Promise yourself that your fitness is going to take priority for the next six weeks, then check your diary. Can you get up half an hour early to run? Is it possible to take a change of clothes to run at lunch or run home from work? You don’t need to run every day but three or four 30-minute runs a week will not only transform your physical health but your mental health as well. Photography Jorg Badura/ trunkarchive. com/ Snapper Media gm1213run2p112 - 112 2013-10-14T09:33:11+11:00

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caption113 It’s very unlikely that anyone will even register anything about the way you run – they’re all far too busy thinking about their own stuff. However, if you are one of the many people who prefer to start an exercise program quietly, do your first few sessions in a safe but quiet street or park until you’ve got your confidence up. Wearing decent running shoes and a good, supportive sports bra will also make you feel the part and prevent injury. The hardest part of any training session is getting out of the door, so tell yourself you’re just going to run for 10 minutes and mean it. Once the 10 minutes is over, if you’re still genuinely tired, stop and walk home. But 90 per cent of the time, you’ll carry on because after 10 minutes your system is oiled, your blood is flowing and the endorphins have kicked in. If you’re consistently low on energy, see your GP. There’s no better or easier way to torch kilojoules than running. The trick is not to overwhelm yourself early on. Get your fitness up with walking and then start including three one-minute slow jogs. Keep increasing the amount of time you spend jogging. The fitter you get and the more weight you lose, the easier it will be. Firstly, don’t stop exercising completely. Find something else you can do without pain – cycle, swim, box, jump on a cross trainer. You need to keep your endorphins and fitness up so that you’re not tempted to run on an injury and make it worse. Then go to see a medical practitioner. The sooner you do that, the sooner (hopefully) you’ll be back in action. It can also be helpful to find a trainer who specialises in running to look at your gait, or join a site such as coolrunning.com.au, where you’ll find thousands of runners happy to share details of their injuries and how they dealt with them. Include them. They can follow you on their bikes or you can play relay races where you effectivel