Runners World Streak is Over!

I’m done with Runners World Streak challenge. It was hard and I’m glad it’s over. 

Here’s the truth: I didn’t run 1 mile every day. I started a few days late and missed some days here and there – mostly because I couldn’t fit it in my schedule or I was sick or even just not up for it. However, I never let myself believe I failed and while of course I wouldn’t admit it to you (or anyone who knew I was doing this) during the streak, I also tried not to let myself believe I fell off course. If I did that, I would be admitting defeat and then it would be too tempting to stop all together. Those days that I missed the runs were sort of just erased from my memory bank.

Here are some of the lessons I learned:

1.  I like to challenge myself.
2. Having a definitive start and end date to any goal really helps me to keep on track.  I can see the finish line.
3. The streak helped me to start a new mantra: Just Keep Going. This is great for so many things in life. If you fall off the wagon, just get up and keep going. Don’t look back.  
4. Running every day is boring. And when you have to run every day,  I discovered that it’s hard to get in or feel motivated to do  the long runs. However, I think it did help with my speed work because I just wanted to get the runs over with as quickly as possible.
5. I think I would enjoy doing these type of challenges with a friend. More accountability and possibly more fun.  (Note: RW has this challenge again over the holidays. Who’s joining me?)

STATS:

I ran 28 days out of 38.

I ran a total of 92.27 miles. That’s an average of 3.3 miles/ workout.

DAILY RUN

Day 1: no run. started late

Day 2: no run. started late

 Day 3: 5 miles

Day 4: 5 miles

Day 5: 3 miles

Day 6:  3.05

Day 7: 1.32

Day 8: 5 miles

Day 9: 3.05

Day 10: 6.2 miles

Day 11: Blast Class + 1 mile

Day 12: 3.44 miles

Day 13: Blast Class

Day 14: no run. not sure what happened.

Day 15: 7 miles

Day 16: Blast Class  2 miles

Day 17: 3.13

Day 18: Blast class + 3 miles

Day 19: no run. not sure what happened.

Day 20: 7.11 miles

Day 21: 4.62 miles

Day 22: Crossfit class + 3.6 miles

Day 23: 3 miles

Day 24: 6.28 miles

Day 25: weekend relax

Day 26: Blast and 3.5

Day 27: 4.0 miles

Day 28: no run. not sure what happened.

Day 29: busy getting ready for vacation.

Day 30: 3.53

Day 31: 3.76

Day 32: vacation

Day 32: 3 miles

Day 33: vacation

Day 34: 1.25

Day 35: 2.3

Day 36: travel day

Day 37: sick

Day 38: 4.5 miles