The traits of highly cre­ative peo­ple are very sim­i­lar to the traits of run­ners. And this is not just a coin­ci­dence. In addi­tion to phys­i­cal ben­e­fits, run­ning pro­vides a num­ber of ben­e­fits to one’s over­all emo­tional and men­tal well being, all nec­es­sary for creativity.