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I'm having a lot of problems with consistency these past couple of weeks - too much work, not enough sleep. I saw the other day that Runners World is promoting a "holiday streak" where you commit to running everyday from Thanksgiving to New Years. I think I'm going to do it. Anyone else interested?
Here's everyone who thought it'd be a good idea to run at least one mile everyday from Thanksgiving to New Years Day.
Name
Completed?
Seanv2
Stopped
jeffdonahue
COMPLETED!
Dallas
Stfuandrun
Montco
Ojo
Jehu
stealth_rnr
Waytogo
Murphy996
Irishguy
xhristopher
Rgilbert
youngoffender
Sruiz
Willie_MN
LedLincoln
Ennay
Slo_Hand
Dtothe2nd
wolfeliminator
Runny_babbit
arlahile
CEIE
kmays
Completed*
daisymae25
Cherrieruns
Stopped due to illness
mgerwn
ckerr1999
cliffordtbrd
knifey
Joe.
Stopped (but hit the 2k miles mark!)
RoadNotTaken
FlippyNoodle
camille2
lilac_jive
Stopped due to injury
MichaelE
Spaniel
stopped due to illness
top_cheddar
Rick_Stone
Barbs595
papillon1966
doctorjen
iloverunwods
PADRunner joined later, but also COMPLETED
*s represent runners who started their streaks early and ran the required number of days, but didn't make it all the way to New Years Day.
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not bad for mile 25
Hmm, for me that's an interesting idea, since I pretty much write off the holidays due to travel and all. I also don't want to force myself into running when it would be wiser to give my body a break. That said, it might be possible, so I'll make the wimpiest possible commitment. :-)
Running on Christmas morning is always kind of fun (especially if in warmer climates)! You get out and see kids playing with their new toys.
If not in warmer climates, it's very peaceful.
And you can quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. Groucho Marx
Rob
Why wait, start now. And then keep running past the new year, it would solve those consistency problems. As simple as that.
Running Rev'd
I did it last year and made it to the day after Christmas before being so exhausted and worn out from the holidays (I'm a minister) that I needed a mental and physical rest day. But I think it's a great idea - not only to get the physical activity in every day but to commit to taking time for yourself away from the hustle and bustle of the holidays, even if it's only 10 minutes.
Called to Endure - Blog
"Everyone gets the sunset. Only the dedicated earn the sunrise."
I did it last year, starting at the beginning of November, ending in March. It keeps me cruising during the crap weather .
Today will be day 44 of my similar reboot. I start to crave it this time of year, and it helps me survive the holidays, too.
"When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a thousand times, then he certainly has developed in more ways than physical. Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem." Emil Zatopek
Prince of Fatness
Running on Christmas morning ....... If not in warmer climates, it's very peaceful.
Running on Christmas morning
.......
Indeed. Now that my kids are grown Christmas celebration starts later in the day, so I have plenty of time to get a run in first.
I'm already looking forward to my Christmas morning run.
Not at it at all.
I might.
I'm in, but hell, I've been doing it since New Years Eve 2007.
Hoodoo Guru
I like that idea. That period of time has always been a recovery time for me, but this year there is no fall marathon so why not. That ought to keep me motivated and ready for my first race of the year on New Year's Day.
The tangents are moot.
I can't claim a streak for that long, but this whole idea of taking off for weeks or months at time is rather foreign to me.
Lush Extraordinaire
I did this exact thing just about 2 years ago. I haven't stopped. Ha. Lately, there have been a lot of 1 milers, but I am still out there running daily. I am stupid.
5k - 23:30
10k - 49:00
Half - 1:48:34
Full - 4:01:28
Working toward hip nirvana.
I've gotten myself in trouble before trying to run through injuries, that's why I like the idea of a streak with an end date. I think I might start tonight and then, barring injury, take it through January first.
Believe it or not, though I plan on running 7 days a week, I am scared of running streaks. For exactly the same reason Seanv2 doesn't care for endless streaks - maybe running when you shouldn't just to keep the streak going. When my consecutive days running gets really long (for me, maybe 50 days) I start thinking it's time to NOT run a day just to break that streak so I dont become obsessive about it.
I had a friend who was always concerned about "the streak". She was up to 5 years or thereabouts and she was running really well ... in her 40's running 3:20 marathons. She went a little too far and had some kind of hip problem and 2 years after the hip problem surgery she is still just doing sporadic running, just never been able to get it back so far. She blames the hip problem on running when she should not have but says she couldn't help herself in wanting that streak to continue. Be smart about consecutive days running.
Believe it or not, though I plan on running 7 days a week, I am scared of running streaks.
+1.
Though I have always done my best as an every day runner, and I generally don't plan days off, if I notice I've gone more than about 4-6 weeks without life handing me an unplanned day off, I'll take one just to avoid ever having so long a streak that I might start to consider the streak a "thing" in and of itself.
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