I’m doing the Runner’s World Run Streak again this year.  What is that, you ask?  Runners commit to running at least one mile per day from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day.  I think it’s 38 days.  Sounds simple enough, right?

My husband is doing it with me and I believe we are on day 18.  Physically, it is easy.  It’s a little challenging mentally, though.  There have been days when I am not scheduled to run and I just did not feel like ‘suiting up’ to run one stinking mile.  It seems like a lot of effort to run one mile.  Ugh.  One mile…  So, yeah.  That’s the challenge.

We’ve run in the rain

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We’ve run in the cold..

I’ve noticed an unintended consequence of running every day:  I’m finding that I wear my running clothes all day long on the days that I ‘only run one mile’.  I’ve become THAT person.  I scoff at the ladies in Target, Trader Joe’s, the mall, etc. that are wearing running clothes.  I’d think to myself that either a) “You ran and didn’t take a shower afterward” or b) “You’re wearing running clothes and you don’t even run.”  So, I’m lady A.  I run a mile in my clothes and then keep them on until I am forced by societal norms to change clothes.  If I have a meeting for any of the community organizations that I’m involved in, I’ll change.  If I have to go to court (I’m not in trouble, calm down!), I’ll change.  If I have to go to the grocery store, say… Trader Joe’s, Target or THE MALL…  I wear my running clothes.  

Yep.  I’m that lady, now.  But hey, the running streak is intact!  Go me.

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