A few core truths: Charles Assisi, on running towards fitness, but more slowly

A fitness journey should be less like a race, more like a long hike, he says. The destination may be out of view; what matters is that one is on the right path.

At the start of this year, I made a loud and confident declaration to everyone around me that I would finally shed my portly belly and get back to the flat abs I had years ago.

I was convinced that, with enough discipline, the right diet and a stern workout regimen, I would be strutting about proudly in no time.

Those abs are yet to reveal themselves. Not for lack of effort, mind you. I have put in the time,