Like Matt, I see a ton of value in starting a run streak. So Doug, take it away: Should You Start a Run Streak? Before I share the 50 lessons I learned throughout the streak, I’ve asked Doug, NMA Radio co-host and resident running coach, to add the who and how of run streaks, to help you decide if “going streaking” is right for you. This, is, I believe, because so many runners find themselves in the same situation as I was - unmotivated and desperate to rediscover a (seemingly) lost passion for running. Quick Note: After writing this post in 2012, it has gone on to become one of the most popular posts I’ve ever written. And, no exaggeration here, for their lives. I’m writing this post to share my rediscovered enthusiasm, and (I hope) to inspire a few people who have never considered what a streak might do for their dedication to running. And the effectiveness of the method itself - at getting me moving again, but also at helping me understand what it really means to be a runner - has been incredible. Each week, I added 10 minutes to the daily run until it got to 70 minutes, at which point I’ve started to transition to more traditional training (but still running every day).Īs running streaks go, 50 days isn’t anything to write home about - I have a friend who ran for 12 years straight, and I’ve read of people doing twice that or more.īut for me, it’s new, and having a streak to nurture has breathed fresh air into running. I started small, with just 20 easy minutes each day. But from what I had learned about how the brain forms the grooves that become our habits, it seemed that running every day was a surer way to success than taking even one day off each week.īesides, I wasn’t training for anything, so what did I have to lose?įifty days later, that streak is still going strong. Starting a running streak wasn’t my intention. Running was one in a string of changes I decided to make in my life, having been armed (finally) with the skills of habit change and elated to see one change after another actually sticking. I didn’t have a goal, but I knew I had to get back out there. Back in May, after two months of almost no exercise, I decided it was time to start running again.
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