Striving for Physical Fitness
Personal fitness is not a destination that you visit occasionally in life. Rather, fitness is the actual journey, an ongoing state of health. Participating regularly in a fitness program ensures your best chance of an improved quality and length of life.
So how do you become fit? As with any project, when you use the right tools the job is much more productive, efficient, and even fun. The tools for fitness include exercise and nutrition. In this book, running is the exercise of choice. But to get started, you need to begin where all activity originates — in the mind.
Take a minute to write down five reasons why you want to get fit through incorporating running in your life. You may be surprised by your reasons, which in turn might change over time. Review your answers in one month, then two, to see your progress.
