Celebrating 6 Years of My Run Streak!

As of yesterday, my run streak (and Momma K's) is now at 6 years!!!!!! Yes, 6 years (2193 consecutive days) of 1+ mile per day...EVERY SINGLE DAY!  What a wild and crazy 6 years it has been to say the least.  To celebrate the 6 year anniversary of our run streak, I wanted to share the story of how the streak started and some fun memories along the way.

In May 2014, Momma K and I took on the Runner's World Run Streak challenge.  During the challenge you complete at least 1 mile per day from Memorial Day until July 4th.  The Run Streak is an awesome way to commit to stay active during the summer months where many people are busy with vacations, days at the pool/beach/lake, etc.  Momma K and I were both in training for the Dumbo Double Dare at Disneyland so we figured we would just do a "easy mile" on the days that we would typically rest.  Everyone has their own opinions on run streaks, but we were down to try it.

Day 1 - May 26, 2014

Each day we diligently logged our mile.  Whether it was a race, a training run, a quick mile before yoga, or a lap around the neighborhood, we got our mile in.  The "end" of the run streak was on July 4th which was the Peachtree Road Race 10K and we talked about how tomorrow we finally get a break.  Well, July 5th rolled around and I looked at mom and said "want to go do a mile?"  The rest is history...

The last official day of the 2014 Runner's World #RunStreak - July 4, 2014

As we kept setting our eyes on short term milestones (50 days, 100 days, etc), the run streak just became a part of life.  Yes, there were days that we didn't want to go do our mile, but we did it.  Did we want to start back over at day 1 just because we were tired? NO!  ​
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When we hit a year it was a big deal for sure.  I mean, committing to do something every SINGLE day for a year is a big deal.  We even received hoodies from our running group to celebrate the milestone.  We didn't stop there and here we three years after that.

We have encountered some pretty crazy situations while doing our "mile+ a day."  We have gone out in rain, sun, hot, cold, night and day.  There was one day that we were doing our mile and a storm started rolling in and we had to haul butt back, but we got our mile in.  In winter, we headed out to the park for a long training run and everything was covered in ice and also sported some pretty fancy pre-race throwaways.

What about vacations?  Well, the first few days when we are at Disney were easy - we simply did our mile+ at the races.  Even though we would be walking 10+ miles a day in the parks, we still did our mile each morning before heading off the the parks.  On other vacations/racecations we have even utilized hotel parking lots to make sure our mile was done.

It has definitely been a crazy ride the past 6 years, but I wouldn't change it for anything.  Each run completed has its own story and I loved getting out there each day whether with friends/family or solo.  How long will the run streak continue?  Only time will tell!  

​​Question of the Day:  Have you ever taken part in a run streak?  How long did you "streak" for?