Run Your Stress Away

Running is a fantastic way to build up your aerobic, anaerobic and mid term thresholds. Running is also a great fat burner and a wonderful way to build muscle. Aside from all of those benefits, running is a great way stress reliever. Finding a track, treadmill or strip of land to run and burn away stress is one of the greatest things we can do to stay sane.

I was reminded of this simple fact two days ago. Life is what you make it, and sometimes I chose to make mine more difficult than it needs to be. I felt I was getting stressed so I headed down to my local YMCA (hope that song doesn't play in your head for the rest of the day) to hit the treadmill. I did 10 sprints as fast as I could. At the end of that tenth sprint I was tired, winded but surprisingly clear upstairs. All of the problems, or what I had built up as problems, seemed to sort themselves out.

It's amazing what getting your heart rate up will do for you. This is not a landmark discovery by any means, but it's a nice reminder that we often hold the key to our happiness and stress relief within ourselves and not in a pill. The next time you feel a bit of anxiety or stress try running your problems away.