District Running Collective’s Matt Green Shares 5 Ways to Get Started Running Now
We know — running isn’t your favorite thing to do, but have you tried calling a friend to join you on that trek around the track? A study published in 2020 by the fitness-tracking app Strava found that half of the 25,000 runners surveyed either hate running or barely tolerate it. Just 8% love it. The report, however, did conclude that many runners engage in the exercise — despite their ill feelings towards it — “to be healthy, connect with others, create a routine, and feel a sense of control over their lives.”
Matt Green helped found the D.C. based District Running Collective nearly eight years ago. What started as an unconventional way to celebrate his birthday turned into a healthy lifestyle movement with hundreds of participants in his hometown.