How Running Helps Reduce Stress

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How Running Helps Reduce Stress

Good news: Sticking to your running schedule can help reduce stress. Consider this your pass to get out for a training session, even an abbreviated one, most days: mental, emotional and physical benefits from running are science-backed and serious business. If you or someone you love needs to be convinced of this, I’ve rounded up all the science you need to make your point over on MapMyRun.

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About Molly Hurford

Molly Hurford is a journalist in love with all things cycling, running, nutrition and movement-related. When not outside, she’s writing about being outside and healthy habits of athletes and interviewing world-class athletes and scientists for The Consummate Athlete. She’s the author of multiple books and her most recent project, Shred Girls, is a young adult fiction series and online community focused on getting girls excited about bikes. She also writes regularly for publications including Bicycling magazine, Outside, Map My Run, and Nylon. Molly is a little obsessed with getting people—especially women—psyched on adventure and being outside, and she regularly hosts talks and runs clinics for cyclists and teaches yoga online and IRL… And in her spare time, the former Ironman triathlete and cyclist now spends time racing ultra-runs on trails. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @mollyjhurford