You can reap the amazing benefits of track workouts without being particularly fast or a “serious runner.”

These running benefits — from living longer to being happier — are guaranteed to motivate you to get out the door for your next run.

Running for anxiety is a great way to help reduce stress and relax. As a lifelong runner, I’ve found the mental health benefits of running to be immense.

Yet I ran. Very slowly, and less miles than my old self, but still something. And I felt that crippling veil of depression lifting, slowly, steadily, with each step. I’d return from my run and feel stronger, a little more capable of handling life’s challenges.

What we as runners experience during each run is its own chapter celebrating life in an ongoing legacy.