This Article Will Make You Pick Up Running, Even If You Hate It

At first glance, you might feel like shrugging off this article, because everybody's heard about the benefits of running on our physical and psychological state, right? But I think there are at least two reasons why it's worth reading. 

Firstly, for every positive result associated with running, it offers an explanation in terms of the changes occurring in your brain. For instance, runners have less activity in their "default mode network" — a series of brain areas that become active when we're idle. That default mode network is "your inner monologue, the instigator of mind-wandering and the voice that ruminates on your past. Its effects are not always welcome or helpful, and have been associated with clinical depression."

Secondly, I appreciate the balanced tone of the article. There's none of the cure-all approach to running, nor the tons of accounts of people experiencing the runner's high — things that can discourage skeptics out there, or people for whom jogging feels like murder.