I love my round numbers and today ended up being doubly round. Over five years ago, I started a streak of running at least one mile every day. At the beginning, my goal was to make it a month. I had read of people who had kept their streaks up for 20-30 years, however I…
Cold Streak
I’m working on an historic cold streak right now. The temperature outside has been below 20 degrees for each of my past seven runs and bottomed out at 6 degrees today. My habit of getting out before the sun is even up means I’m running in the coldest part of the day. Since I started…
2017 Year in Review
I’m more of a looking forward type of person than someone who dwells on the past. That’s probably why I posted my 2018 schedule before I got around to how I think this year went. But if you’re going to grow and improve, then you need to review and critique your performances. I came into the…
2016 Year in Review
I’m not really the type of person to spend a lot of time reflecting on the past. I devote most of my attention to the present and looking ahead to the future. Thinking back on the year though, I’m filled with a deep sense of satisfaction. 3 for 3 Coming into 2016, my focus was…
Streakiversary
Happy Streakiversary to me! Four years ago today I started my current running streak. I had just read an article about this guy who had run every day for something ridiculous like 50 years and was intrigued by the idea. I’m a big believer in doing a little bit of exercise each day and the 1 mile…
Streaking
No, not that kind of streaking. Come on. This is a family blog. I’m talking about running streaks or running every day. According to the United States Running Streak Association, official arbitrator of such things, here is the definition of a running streak: Run at least one mile (1.61 kilometers) within each calendar day. Running…