Happier Running and Walking – GUARANTEED!™
Can finisher medals bring you happiness? Some endurance runners and walkers might reflexively respond, “No!” They might justify that response with a comment about a medal being “just a thing” and that happiness comes from the inside. Others might reflexively say, “Of course!” They might justify that response with a comment about how they only …
What can a myth teach us about happiness as endurance runners and walkers? I just read an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal about the myth of a stagnant middle class in America. The authors wrote, “The average hourly wage in real dollars has remained largely unchanged from at least 1964…” But, they went …
Are you trading happiness for better chip-times? If you are a marathoner or other endurance runner or walker, there is a risk that you may be trading some of your happiness for the sake of a better chip-time. Of course, faster times in races can lead to more happiness. I acknowledge that. I suppose that …