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To be a runner, you must: 1) eat right, 2) lower your body fat, 3) avoid smoking, 4) sleep well, and 5) exercise regularly. Be a runner! #RunWithHal

Do you want to run faster? The key to improvement is consistency. More than any fancy training schedule featuring intervals, tempo runs or hill repeats. Just run day after day, week after week, year after year at a level where you do not become injured. #RunWithHal #RunFast

Running is a basic activity, instinctive to our being. People need not be taught how to run. Children learn to run almost as soon as they learn to walk. It is only as adults that people forget to run and sometimes need to be retaught. #RunWithHal

Long runs get you used to the stress of lifting your feet nearly 5,000 times an hour. Long runs build confidence in your ability to succeed. #LongRuns #RunWithHal

At some point, we all slow down. Most runners achieve peak performance between the ages of 20 and 40, after which aging takes its toll. Nevertheless, if you run and maintain a healthy lifestyle, you will look and feel a lot better than those who do not. #RunWithHal #Longevity

A major cause of injuries is intensity. Too much speedwork and/or high-mileage training can cause the body to crash. Yet this same type of training can also allow you to achieve your greatest success. Walking the tightrope between disaster and triumph is never easy. #RunWithHal

TIP OF THE DAY: One of running’s appeals is its simplicity. Don’t need a club membership. Don’t need a playing field. Step out the front door, you’re there. #RunWithHal #Running #Marathon

Schedule a massage 48 hours after your long run, the peak point of muscle soreness. The massage will help you ease your way back into your regular routine. More Massages during the pre-marathon taper can help reduce the risk of injury. Pamper yourself! #RunWithHal #SportsMassage

If running is a struggle, find someone else to run with, someone with whom you can talk. Having a partner will make each mile seem shorter. #RunWithHal

Running can increase your lifespan and impact the quality of your life. It's not so much the running of a race that affects your health, but the lifestyle changes that accompany the commitment to run. You can extend lifespan 6-9 years says Ken Cooper, MD. #RunWithHal #Longevity

I enjoy running in scenic areas: through the woods, in the mountains, along the beach. But I sometimes run past the scenery too fast to see it. At times we need to slow down and, in effect, sniff the flowers. The slower you run, the more scenery you can absorb. #RunWithHal

TIP OF THE DAY: If you are a beginning runner who has just finished your first road race, you will continue to improve if you do nothing else but train consistently. Running is that simple. #RunWithHal #BeginningToRun #HalfMarathonTraining #Marathon

Everybody has bad days, bad workouts, when running gets ugly, when splits seem terribly slow, when you wonder why you ever got talked into taking up this sport. Forget it!. You'll do better next time. Don't let negative thoughts intrude upon a positive experience. #RunWithHal

At some point, we all slow down. Most runners achieve peak performance between the ages of 20 & 40, after which aging takes its toll. Nevertheless, if you run and maintain a healthy lifestyle, you will look and feel a lot better than those who do not. #RunWithHal

You'll be able to finish stronger if you start slow. And in a race, you'll pass a lot of people in the closing miles. #RunWithHal

Hill training can help you as a runner. Hill training will strengthen your quadriceps muscles. Olympic champion Frank Shorter identifies hill training as interval training in disguise. It makes you a better runner. #RunWithHal #HillTraining #IntervalTraining

A runner training for a marathon running 25-30 miles a week needs a daily caloric intake near 3,000 to maintain muscle glycogen. Eat up! #RunWithHal

You say you can't afford a health club membership or expensive weightlifting equipment for your basement gym? Be innovative. You don't need to be a health club member to do sit-ups and push-ups. #RunWithHal

Many runners claim the hours around sunrise as their own time. Getting out early can clear the cobwebs and provide focus for your day. There's something very powerful about rising every morning and hitting the road as the day begins. #RunWithHal

Regular physical exercise is the key to good health and longevity. According to the Archives of Internal Medicine, running reduces the risk not only of heart disease, but of cancer and Alzheimer's. #RunWithHal