Running is a chore. In the beginning I wanted to run for 30 minutes or longer. Couldn't do it consistently, thinking about it felt terrible. Then I read an arti

Running is a chore. In the beginning I wanted to run for 30 minutes or longer. Couldn't do it consistently, thinking about it felt terrible. Then I read an article saying that it's enough to get heart rate up to get 80% of benefits, and a five minute run could be enough. So I changed to running for just 5 minutes first thing when I woke up, which equaled to running around the block. Then get a shower immediately when I got home. After that I felt so much more clear mentally that I wanted to wake up next day just to run. Knowing that I would only run for five minutes it no longer was a chore.