Running
Benefits
My reasons for running :
Increased energy
Weight loss
Better mental health
Better cardiovascular system
Increased breathing capacity
Improved memory
Lower stress
15 minutes per day can lower your chances of having depression by about 26%
Exercise releases feel-good chemicals
Goals
Short term goals :
Running or walking at least once per day.
Aiming for 30 minutes outside.
Aiming to do roughly 1 to 1.5 miles per day on average.
Tracking runs with an app on my phone.
Eventually purchase a Garmin Watch to track runs with GPS.
Mapping out locations to run to make things more fun.
Mostly running around the neighborhood daily.
Occasionally will run around downtown Fairhope once a week.
Long term goals :
Eventually I would like to build up to setting more targeted goals w/ time. At this moment I'm more focused on staying consistent. Showing up each and every day to run.
Also, I'd like to run from Daphne to Fairhope to build up longer distance runs. That's nearly a half marathon race distance.