The rush doesn't end at the finish line. If you participate in a race, you'll keep working out, a new Temple study finds. Three months after a race, runners — particularly novices — who were satisfied with the event said they intended to stay active. Make the most of your first race, says study author Daniel Funk of Temple's Sport Industry Research Center, a professor of sport and recreation management. "The goal should be to finish, not to finish in a specific time," he said.