Ancient Greek maxim "If you want to be smart, run! If you want to be strong, run! If you want to be healthy, run!" is still occasionally mentioned today, indicating a unified recognition of the positive effects of running despite changes in circumstances.

Running is not about defeating others but about defeating oneself.

Haruki Murakami said, "We are ordinary—almost mediocre—ability. However, this is fundamentally unimportant. What is more important is surpassing the person we were yesterday, even if it's only a little bit. In long-distance running, if there's an opponent you must defeat, it's the distance of your past self."

Perseverance in running, in a sense, trains a more formidable version of oneself. For instance, running a marathon requires considerable discipline, practice, diligence, and determination.

The spiritual and physical joy experienced in long-distance running also stems from a release from the pressures of reality. Running enables more individuals to shed their former selves and embrace the version of themselves who enjoy running and completing marathons!

After running, you will discover many miraculous changes. Physically:

During endurance exercises, many systems in the body are optimized, such as the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, which are responsible for distributing nutrients and oxygen during exercise. Therefore, endurance exercise is healthy because the heart, lungs, and blood vessels can only be optimized through various endurance exercises.

Heart maintenance

The heart rate of endurance athletes is low, and the heart naturally enlarges during training.

This phenomenon was previously mistakenly compared to pathological enlargement of the heart. The resting heart rate decreases if the heart becomes more efficient through exercise. The heart rate is significantly lower during daily activities such as sitting, standing, and walking.

During an hour of running training, runners' heart rate is 50 beats per minute, higher than that of non-runners every minute, so the heart rate of runners is 3000 beats per hour higher than that of non-runners.

However, in the remaining 23 hours, during sleep or other regular activities throughout the day, the heart rate of runners is 25 beats per minute lower than that of non-runners, meaning that the heart rate of runners is 34,500 beats lower than that of non-runners during these 23 hours! In terms of quantity, the heart rate is 31,500 beats per day, higher than that of runners, and non-runners heart has to bear more work!

Making bones stronger

Running not only shapes beautiful legs but also enhances the activity of veins in the legs. Working muscles send venous blood in the legs back to the heart. If a sitting posture is maintained, this venous blood will accumulate in the legs.

Jogging can prevent thrombosis or varicose veins and relieve the pain of varicose veins. From age 35, bones also quietly deteriorate apart from the muscle system. No measures taken will worsen osteoporosis and arthritis.

With the decrease in the secretion of female hormones with age, women are more threatened than men. When organs age and become ill, experienced doctors advise these people to exercise moderately, such as walking and jogging. Softening of bones can also be controlled early on.

Research has shown that people's attitudes tend to become more positive after falling in love with running. What truly gets you addicted to running is physical exercise and, more importantly, spiritual satisfaction. Over time, runners typically exhibit a more positive demeanor and optimistic attitude.

When your negative energy is overwhelming, you may need a run. Just like Forrest Gump, one day, suddenly wanting to go out for a run, not knowing that a single run would open up a new way of life, discovering the strength within oneself through running and eventually running across America, becoming a household name.

We are all people carrying the burdens of life, seemingly living somewhat mundane lives, yet we are unwilling to be mediocre. Running is like the lubricant of life, preventing our spirits from becoming exhausted and withered in the face of the exhausting demands of life.