What are you grateful for?

Mark White is campaigning for the Grateful Mile. I spoke to him about how your mental health might thank *you* for joining it, especially if you're a man...

Do you ever think about what you’re grateful for? I mean truly grateful for.

Did your parents ever demand you think about the starving children in famine-ridden countries when you didn’t finish your plate of food? Have you considered that you’re reading this right now on a machine that cost you hundreds, if not thousands of dollars? Did you return from your last injury a little bit more appreciative of the luxury of a healthy body?

This is about gratitude. This is about how we think about what we have in our lives. I spoke to Mark White of Run Grateful about why a Grateful Mile can be such an important tool for a runner to be equipped with.

What is a Grateful Mile?

Quite simply: it’s being purposeful about spending a mile of movement every day, whether that’s running or walking, and introducing a gratitude practice within that.

“The goal is to build a positive habit around a mile a day. I think it's transformative. It can …