Phew, so I’m about to commit to something pretty major…
I will run at least one mile a day, every day. No matter what. Ok, maybe if I get sick or injured I won’t run it, but I will cover one mile at least.
The idea started when I was in Bolivia last year and a girl in the house said she had been doing this for years. She was a super fast runner and was in amazing shape, and when I brought it up to a friend, he had heard of others making this same commitment. Apparently there’s other people online who have come up with all kinds of rules for this, like being in full running gear for that mile to qualify.
I’m turning 28 next week and figure it’ll be a good point to start so that in the future I can count up how many years I’ve kept up the commitment. Plus once you do get into full running gear, it’s pretty easy to just go ahead and do a full workout. The bonus of committing to just one mile is that I can use it as a warmup for a weightbuilding workout, so if I did a long run the day before I can still stay active the next day. Last week I ran 13.1 on Monday but felt like doing something Tuesday, so I walked around the San Diego Zoo for a few hours.
This is kinda scary to go out there and publicly announce, as I hope to really stick to it! I will cover one mile minimum every day!! I know it’ll be hard on days that I’m really stressed, sick, injured, etc. but I hope to stay motivated by knowing it’s an inevitability, just another part of your routine. Like brushing your teeth, emptying the trash, or cooking dinner. I’m not looking forward to this but I know I’ll thank myself later 🙂
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