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Running is one of those physical activities that has so many benefits attached to it. You work your entire body, helping build up those muscles, especially in your legs. It can help with improving your breathing, and generally improve your cardiovascular system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plus, it’s a sort of weight-bearing exercise, that helps build your strength as your body improves and gets healthier, your increased muscle mass will help be its own exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And there’s even the social aspect to it. Most people will have access to a space where they can run. It’s almost always free. You get to see the area you live in and around. If you’re running with other people, it’s a great way to socialize with other people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But when you start out running, or if you’re thinking about starting to run, it can feel a little aimless at times, especially if you didn’t have a particular goal in mind. If you just started running because you wanted to, that’s great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But often, without some kind of goal to help keep you focused, you’ll find that your desire to run and be healthier will disappear when your motivation goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, when starting out on their journeys to being healthier, they will set themselves a target, a goal to help keep them focused and motivated. For weightlifters, that might be a specific amount of weight they can lift, or for how long they can lift it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For swimmers, that might be a certain number of laps of a pool, or how fast they can complete a certain number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When runners are trying to keep themselves motivated, the most obvious way people set themselves a target is by completing a set distance in a run. And a common distance that people like to set themselves is being able to run 2 miles or just over 3 kilometers.<\/p>\n\n\n