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Wednesday 28 March 2012

Help Your Local Charities and Beat the Struggle to Get Fit


One idea that can serve as an incentive to beat the struggle to stay or become fit is taking part in a local charity event like a sponsored run or cycle ride. 

In the UK we recently had Sport Relief. Individuals took part in all different types of sporting activities. Did I take part? No. I guess the reason is the commitment required. You sign up to run or cycle x miles. And you’re compelled to do it. The advantages are you  feel you must run or cycle the number of miles promised and you’re helping a cause you have sympathy with.

Yet despite all the advantages why don’t more of us take part? It could be inertia, we don’t like breaking out of our comfort zone. You come home from work, exhausted or stressed. You have your evening meal and either go to bed or zone out in front of some mindless TV programme. But, you feel comfortable, you feel fine.  Disrupting that comfy feeling to prepare for charity sporting event is not a welcome thought. This may require a little training before hand to raise the chances of completing what you promised to do – run or cycle x miles. And then it’s the thought of organising yourself to take part.

The organising part could even be the easy and fun part. Log on to justgiving.com and have fun creating a webpage, it’s free and takes no more than a minute. Share the page with friends and relatives via Facebook or email. They make the donation to justgiving (not to you) so you’re spared the embarrassment of asking and collecting money. 

All you or I have to do is select our favourite charity, find out their next fund raising event, train, run (or cycle) and collect. 

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