Recently, a certain piece of research caught my eye. It reports that just 10 minutes of moderate-intensity running can put you in a better mood, and I know that this is true because I’ve seen it and I’ve experienced it. But if I’m being honest with you, lately my relationship with running has been somewhat turbulent – it hasn’t been giving me that feel-good factor that I’ve spent years enjoying. Instead, it’s just felt like a lot of hard work.
You’ve been there, too? Well, a separate study says that we tend to undervalue the importance of enjoyment when selecting an activity, and I think that is a really pertinent point when it comes to running. I don’t mean whether you enjoy the action of running or not – as a natural movement, I’m certain we can all enjoy it in some form or another – but more so, what type of running do you enjoy? Trail? Track? Marathons? Relays? Fell? Multi-sport? Orienteering? There are so many forms of running to choose from, there’s got to be one for everybody… surely!
For me, the thing that rejuvenated my love of running was HYROX. I discovered it two years ago because I needed something to whet my competitive appetite, and running events just weren’t doing it for me anymore. But as someone with a bit of running experience, I knew that I could turn my hand
