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I've never been short on finding reasons to avoid going for a run. Maybe it's too cold or hot, or it's too early or late in the day; maybe I ate a big meal and need a lot of time to digest, or I haven't eaten recently enough; maybe I've gotten in a rut finding music to listen to while I run five kilometers, and therefore lack the motivation to get across the imaginary finish line I set for myself. If you're wondering if I'm trying to talk myself out of exercising today, the answer is "no." Not right now, anyway. 

I have had a lot of trouble motivating myself to run the past few years, due in part to city infrastructure. When I began exercising outdoors, I made a habit of running in parks. Palmer Square had long been my workout hub; I could run a clean three miles by circling the park's pedestrian footpath six times. Once I moved away from Palmer Square, well, I had trouble finding a park to suit me and settled for running through large thoroughfares, which I often found unpleasant. I spent enough time running around road construction, cars making sharp turns in my pathway, and people gazing deeply into their phones in the middle of the sidewalk that often I needed no other excuse to avoid running than considering the path in front of me.

Last week I rediscovered the joy of running through parks. I didn't worry much about vehicles speeding in my general direction. Instead, I could take in the sights of some unfamiliar outdoor spaces as I ran through them, and get a little lost in the process—which I did, and which I did not mind. It felt nice to be exploring, which has always been a great motivator for me to go out in the world, no matter the time of day or the temperature. I just have to remember that next time I warm up for a run.
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