Complete a 'run a mile a day' challenge.

“When I started, I hoped I’d become a runner. My husband is a runner. He enjoys the action of running, talking about running routes, personal records (PRs), and his newest running shoes. I don’t enjoy any of those things. I tried timing myself to run a little faster and realized it took away from my enjoyment and made me feel stressed. My goal was a mile, regardless of speed. The streak is my daily PR. [...] When streaking, you run regardless of the weather or the circumstances of the day. I ran in conditions I never would have imagined. I wore a headlamp and ran after putting my kids to bed, I ran in a 45-mile an hour windstorm where I hurdled over downed tree limbs, I ran (the next day) when we had no power, I even ran in a blizzard, saying to myself, “run like a penguin, run like a penguin.”

“I am a non-runner. Full stop. I found ways to fully avoid running The Mile. Doctors notes, sick days, I even arranged running the mile alone after a few panic attacks. So, how did I find myself, 15 years later, choosing to run a mile a day for 30 days? [...] Within my first few days of running, I learned to embrace each breath as Right Now. I don’t need to be A Runner to run. I just need to breathe and take another step. Pace didn’t really matter when I thought about each stride as the purpose.”

“In the summer of 2021, I set myself the run a mile a day challenge. At the time I wanted to make the most of the fine summer weather that we were having in the UK, which meant more time outdoors and amongst nature. I also wanted a way to unwind and de-stress after work, so I turned, unsurprisingly, to running! [...] The first week of the challenge was hard because the daily runs hadn’t quite become a habit yet. Sure, there were some days when the run was harder, but I kept telling myself that it was just one mile so that got me through it. After about one and a half weeks, I found daily runs that much easier because they had become a habit for me.”