Jog On: How Running Saved My Life

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I went into this book expecting a focus on running for newbies and its benefits to mental health that the author experienced.

As someone who often feels I should run more, this helped me realise that I can run more when I want to, but should also use running in a way that benefits me, and not as a way of bargaining with myself or forcing myself on bad days. I'm generally not that much of an nonfiction reader so I guess me not being the biggest fan of this memoir isn't all that surprising. It is just about a woman who just loves running, she loves it a lot, and she appreciates all the benefits it's brought to her life.

Most people think of running as something which is good for the physical body in terms of weight management, toning and generally looking good.

The first chapter or so is excellent, the author describing how running cured her anxieties in a way that therapy and meds never did. Full details of your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations are available in the UK from your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or your Local Authority's Trading Standards Office.However, this book is really very repetitive, and I found that especially noticeable listening to it on audiobook. Now six years later I run 20-25 miles every week without fail and I don’t know where I’d be without it. If a refund or reimbursement is payable to you, we will transfer the money using the same method originally used by you to pay for your purchase. Yes you read that right, it’s not a totally serious hard read, some of the accounts shared did bring a smile to my face. I will definitely be trying bagpipe music when I feel the urge to either resign or virtually kill a work colleague.

I had so many 'yes that's how I've felt' moments and it made me realise that taking regular medication to keep an overthinking brain on an even keel is nothing to be ashamed of, plus I really thought about my other coping strategies and mood boosters, which, in case you're interested, for me are any of the following:- Walking my dogs, a gym workout, kitchen disco and baking. This is why most people equally think of running as some kind of punishment or something they have to endure to get the desired after effects. This book has given me serious food for thought about my own mental state and how I deal with the stuff life throws at me. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. There are some good tips in here though, and I found it motivating for me particularly at the moment for my 10K training.I'd recommend you give it a read, whether it's to delve into your own mental health or if you want to try to better understand the struggles of someone you know. Registered address: Unit 31, Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, LE5 3EF, United kingdom.