Don’t get me wrong — I love to exercise. I will spend all day looking forward to a dance, yoga or martial arts class. But running — the exercise that can happen almost anywhere, any time and for very little expense — always felt miserable.I decided to give it another try after a conversation with David, so I signed up for a 5K race to give myself a deadline and spent a little over a month putting his advice into practice.Begrudgingly, I will admit that I came to enjoy running. And if I can, you can too. Here’s how.When I went away to college, my dad gave me a piece of advice that has served me ever since.“When you are feeling lonely, sad, overwhelmed or unmotivated, just put on your sneakers. You don’t have to put pressure on what you do next. But once your shoes are on, you might find yourself at the gym, on a walk to see friends or doing the laundry that’s been piling up,” he told me.Setting myself up to do something that will help me feel better without pressure to accomplish everything on my list always works. I found it helped me get in an enjoyable running habit, too.over from Justin Trudeau as the leader of the country’s governing Liberal Party, in a crucial vote that will change the face of Canadian politics.About 140,000 of the party’s members have been voting for their preferred candidate, with results expected to be announced by Sunday evening (the BBC will have live coverage).The new leader will become the country’s prime minister. But because the Liberals are a minority government, holding onto the top job will require winning a general election, which could be called in the coming weeks.Whoever replaces Trudeau will have to grapple with US President Donald Trump’s threats against Canada, which include an escalating trade war and repeated calls to make the country the US’s “51st state”.
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