Running? No, thank you.

Physical Exercise? Yeah.. No, thank you.

That's what many people say when they hear the word running- and honestly I said the same thing.

Running to many isn't the most fun thing to do, however it serves as an escape for others.

In the craze of high school and college, stress doesn't hesitate to pile on and many times students struggle on finding methods to cope with it. Lots of people turn to napping, stress eating, binge watching TV shows and the list goes on. While some of those options sound like the most easy route, running can serve as a stress reliever as well.

Running is something many people easily overlook. It tends to have many negative connotations associated with the word. But, running is one of the best activities for your body physically and is extremely essential for mental health. When one starts to feel overwhelmed and stressed, running serves as a release and a mental break. It's something that's good for the body, mind and soul.

There's something about the feeling you get when you're running and you can feel your body pushing through the wind with a good playlist blaring through your ears. It's something that refreshes the body and clears the mind. For a few moments, you're able to forget about what's consuming your mind and sometimes those situations push your body to run faster and let out those frustrations.

A lot of people push away the idea of running because, they simply feel that they don't have time. One solution to that is : make time, simply make time. A run doesn't have to be forty five minutes, it can be twenty minutes. In that twenty minutes, make use of your time. If you have to say a speech for a class, record that speech on your phone and replay it when you run. If you have to memorize vocabulary words, record them and listen to them while you run. A daily run can be very effective, only if you creatively utilize your time.

I feel like it's time that we push for "running" to be associated with positive words. Many students can relieve so much stress through a simple twenty minute run. However, they won't know how much better they'll feel until, they push themselves to get up and run.

So next time you're feeling overwhelmed and stressed, which seems to be an everyday thing in a college students life- go for a run. I promise, it'll be worth it.