Aries personalities like to win, as you know, so what better way to encourage them to run than to make them think they are kicking your ass? Alpha is an Aries. She’s been running. If I were to tell her, “go running” she wouldn’t. So I did this instead:

Alpha: “Hurry up, you snail.”
Miguel: [wheeze] “The hell with this. Sure is hot.” [walks a few steps, feigning fatigue]
Alpha: “And to think you used to tease me about running so slow.”
Miguel: [starts running again] “Watch out for those people on the bikes.” [bikes pass them, Miguel goes back to walking]
Alpha: “You’re such a fake!”
Miguel: “What?” [starts running again, backwards, then runs a circle around Alpha, starts walking again, then running again.]
Alpha: [shakes head, runs]
Miguel: “Are we there yet?”

Anyway, it worked, Alpha loves running now.