{"id":1130,"date":"2025-11-27T08:24:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2025-11-27T08:24:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:24:34","slug":"call-me-annoying-but-theres-a-good-reason-for-running-on-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=1130","title":{"rendered":"Call me annoying, but there\u2019s a good reason for running on holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the latest\u00a0Travel Hot Take<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0Metro\u2019s Lifestyle Editor, Kristina Beanland, shares why she always packs her trainers when she goes on a trip.<\/p>\n

Look, I know\u00a0runners<\/a>\u00a0are objectively annoying.<\/p>\n

I started pounding the pavements back in 2016, when I half-heartedly agreed to run a 10km with a friend, assuming I\u2019d never actually do it.\u00a0I wasn\u2019t one of\u00a0those<\/em>\u00a0people.<\/p>\n

But almost a decade later, I\u2019m shocked to find that I\u2019m still a committed runner.<\/p>\n

Running is the only form of\u00a0exercise<\/a>\u00a0I\u2019ve ever stuck too \u2014 meanwhile, my gym membership continues to go unused, burning a significant hole in my\u00a0current account<\/a>\u00a0every month.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s also true that us runners can be a bit\u00a0keen<\/em>. We\u2019re obsessed with PBs, energy gels, chafing \u2014 and don\u2019t even get me started on my favourite brand of trainers (I\u2019m a Hoka convert, in case you were wondering).<\/p>\n

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So, to have the sheer audacity to say, even to whisper, that you ought to go for a run on holiday, during your long-awaited time of rest and relaxation, surely singles me out as the biggest running w**ker of them all.<\/p>\n

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It all started with a marathon training run while on holiday in\u00a0Jersey<\/a>. I absolutely couldn\u2019t think of anything worse than leaving my cosy hotel to run, but I\u2019d already started fundraising for the 26.2 miles, and I was trapped in a hell of my own making.<\/p>\n

And while the first couple of miles were done through greeted teeth, I soon realised that running along the beach, and through quaint Franco-British towns, felt more like I was exploring, rather than simply \u2018going for a run\u2019. And it certainly beat my usual laps around a soggy south\u00a0London<\/a>\u00a0park.<\/p>\n

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So, the next time I jetted off, this time to\u00a0Chicago<\/a>, I packed my trainers. A 5km along the banks of Lake Michigan is one I won\u2019t forget in a hurry.<\/p>\n

Since then, I\u2019ve run in the shadow of\u00a0Mauritius<\/a>\u2019 volcanic landscape, among the palm trees in\u00a0Dubai<\/a>\u00a0and, perhaps best of all, alongside Sydney\u2019s Opera House in\u00a0Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I tried to get a 5km in while on a trip to\u00a0Orlando<\/a>, only to discover there weren\u2019t any pavements (and in hindsight, I didn\u2019t fancy being an alligator\u2019s breakfast).<\/p>\n

At this point though, I do feel like I ought to offer up a few caveats.<\/p>\n

Perhaps most importantly, I don\u2019t think you need to exercise on holiday if that\u2019s not your idea of anything even close to fun.<\/p>\n

You should feel absolutely no pressure to work-out, whether it\u2019s part of your usual daily routine or not. If all you want to do is lounge around, catch some rays, a cocktail in hand, I fully support that decision.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019d also like to make it known that, as far as I\u2019m concerned, jetting to another country is made all the more enjoyable by sampling all and any culinary delights that particular destination has on offer. And of course, no holiday is complete without at least one raging 10\/10\u00a0hangover<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But I don\u2019t enjoy a run on holiday just for exercise. When I go away, I want to get that authentic experience \u2014 I want to eat where the locals do, and find those hidden-gems away from the crowds.<\/p>\n

To me, running is part of that. You get an idea of what the people that live there do with their Saturday mornings \u2014 you might head to a beautiful park or coastal boardwalk you\u2019d never have otherwise stumbled across, and more often than not, a running route ends with a cute little cafe that inevitably offers up the best\u00a0coffee<\/a>\u00a0in the city.<\/p>\n

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And, for those long-haul travellers among us, they\u2019re a great way to deal with the\u00a0jet lag<\/a>. There\u2019s some research to suggest that exercising early in the morning, around 7am, or between 1pm and 4pm, can help to re-establish your circadian rhythm that gets so messed up by switching time zones.<\/p>\n

Those endorphins will also help give you a boost if you\u2019re feeling cranky and tired after days of travel.<\/p>\n

And finally, no matter how close you are to your travel pals, sometimes, you need a bit of alone time. No one is going to argue you with you when you take yourself off for an hour for a run (and they\u2019re even less likely to try and join you).<\/p>\n

I fully accept that you may have read this hot take while rolling your eyes so far to the back of your head you can see yourself think.<\/p>\n

But, perhaps I\u2019ve tempted you to take a run, jog or stroll the next time you go away \u2014 even if it\u2019s just for the Strava kudos.<\/p>\n

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  In the latest\u00a0Travel Hot Take,\u00a0Metro\u2019s Lifestyle Editor, Kristina Beanland, shares why she always packs her trainers when she goes on a trip. Look, I know\u00a0runners\u00a0are objectively annoying. I started pounding the pavements back in 2016, when I half-heartedly agreed to run a 10km with a friend, assuming I\u2019d never actually do it.\u00a0I wasn\u2019t one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t