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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Anna Bartter

I Didn't Need a New Training Plan—I Needed More Nature. How Trail Running Made Me Fall In Love With Exercise Again

A woman running in a wildflower meadow.

I've learned two crucial lessons so far this summer: firstly, repeated, sustained heatwaves call for tweaks to your usual workout routine (it's no good just waiting for it to cool down anymore, let's face it) and secondly, wherever you're exercising, make sure there's a water source close by.

How did I come to these less than radical conclusions, you ask? Well, it's safe to say that unsuccessfully attempting to stick to my usual twice-weekly running regime mid-heatwave was the catalyst for much-needed change.

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