How to start running -- and not stop
Rick Rayman, 75, ran when he had COVID-19 and he ran when there was 55 centimetres of snow on the ground. At five-foot-four and 110 pounds, Rayman, a Toronto dentist, has run every day since Dec. 10, 1978, making his streak of running 15,995 days in a row , the 21st-longest active run streak in the world. . Picking at a cheese and tomato sandwich at his local Druxy’s, Rayman says that losing his ego is the secret to his long-term success.
“Back when I was running well in the ‘80s, it used to be like a business to me, like work, and now I don’t care,” he says, “Maybe if I did care a little more I’d be running better, it’s possible, but it’s also possible that I would’ve quit. I just don’t think you can sustain over the long term with that level of intensity.”
So how do you form a habit that sticks? Wells argues that the path to big new finish lines is laden with “ridiculously small goals.” Malindi Elmore is Canada’s second fastest female marathon runner and she’s twice raced for Canada in the Olympic Games. At the Tokyo Olympics, she finished ninth in the marathon, which means in the entire world, only eight women ran faster than the 42-year-old mom with two kids. Elmore, who lives in Kelowna, B.C.
“I wouldn’t trade a gold medal for what I have in my life now. I’d rather be ninth in the Olympics and live the life I want to lead,” Elmore says. “It’s great to have a goal to get you out the door, but you also have to park those goals and enjoy what you’re doing. Success or failure are binary concepts that are unhelpful, at least for me, because single mindedness removes joy.”
“No matter how bad mentally or physically I feel, I know I’ll feel better after I’ve gone for my run,” says Rayman, who completed his 387th marathon three days after we spoke and is taking 100 of his 400 dental students to the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon next month to raise money for Make-A-Wish Foundation. “Feeling good about yourself and your surroundings, being happy, that alone is a joy and the opposite of being depressed, upset or down.
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