How To Find a Running Buddy

More and more I'm learning the lesson that if you simply announce to the world that you want something – you'll get it. One of my Sage Goals is "It's March 25^th and my ass looks great in my pants." That is to say, I need to run regularly so that I don't have to buy a plethora of new pantaloons because of the slow creep of abdominal sprawl.

I know that I'm not great at honoring commitments to myself especially when it comes to exercise. However, I'm very good at honoring commitments that I make to others. What does that spell: Running Buddy. The Problem: I don't have any friends who run near me. So what did I do? I posted a flyer that asked "Need a running buddy? Me too."on my apartment's bulletin board. At the bottom I left my contact info in little tear-off strips. Within two days I got an email from one of my neighbors offering to run w/ me 3+ times a week.

The moral of the story is: all you have to do is ask – but you do have to ask.