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Transferable Running Virtue: I’ll Make Do

Longtime runners have great experience in plying their trade in less-than-ideal circumstances. Whether it’s the weather or a lack of good venues, a head cold or a chafing shirt, things are almost never going to match our mind’s eye view of the perfect run. Yet we soldier on and make the best of whatever situation we find ourselves in.

The “I’ll make do” mind-set can be transferred from running to most of the rest of your life with great effectiveness. It’s one of many good character traits that running encourages and develops. It’s one way that, while running may not make us better than other people, it usually makes us better people than we otherwise would be.

: Alison Wade