Running 41 Consecutive Days

192.81 total miles

The Runner’s World RWRunStreak is complete.The challenge was to run (at least) a mile a day from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day — a total of 41 consecutive days.

That is what my 41 days looked like.

It included two races, a Turkey Trot and the North Face Endurance Challenge 50 mile event. Running the day after a 12-hour event was the biggest challenge. My legs felt tired, but my mind was fresh, thankfully.

In order to prevent injury, any day that I felt like I needed a “rest day” was a single mile run. There is always concern with injury when it comes to “streaking,” but listening to your body and understanding that a single mile can be viewed as therapeutic or relaxing, helps.

I typically run 4-5 days a week, so it was filling in the gaps with one mile runs. As you can see, there were only 3 runs that went over 10 miles with the majority being between 1-5 miles. Mika even joined me on many of these.

I ran a total of 192.8 1 miles — although 47 miles was a large chunk of that.

I also did the Summer RWRunStreak (Memorial Day to Independence Day) as well!

If you completed the streak, don’t forget to grab your RWRunStreak badge. It’s the perfect size to share on your blog, facebook or instagram.

Also, if you are into challenges, check out this challenge called RunThisYear

How did you celebrate the end of 2012?

Or the start of 2013?

15 Comments

Faux Runner (@FauxRunner) on January 2, 2013 at 11:08 am

I love how your streak has a lot of low mileage days! My friend tried to get through it and ended up with knee issues after 10-12 days.

Kat on January 2, 2013 at 11:11 am

2013 kicked off with a run of course! I want to do another streak once I get through this training cycle!

Katie @momslrb on January 2, 2013 at 11:12 am

You’re a beast! :)

Heather (Where's the Beach) on January 2, 2013 at 11:20 am

Once again – nice job!! I ended 2012 very low-key sitting on the couch in my PJs ;-)

Lynda @ Hit The Road Jane on January 2, 2013 at 11:46 am

Congrats on completing your streaks!! That takes a lot of discipline and it’s really impressive that you did it twice. Happy New Year!

Erin @ Girl Gone Veggie on January 2, 2013 at 11:53 am

Way to rock that challenge!!

Heather @ Better With Veggies on January 2, 2013 at 12:00 pm

Amazing second streak of the year – even running the day after 47 miles! You’re a running fool…which Is awesome! :)

beka @ rebecca roams on January 2, 2013 at 12:17 pm

Awesome job! Hopefully I will be able to grab one of these little gems this summer’s RWStreak :)

Kelly @ Cupcake Kelly's on January 2, 2013 at 12:59 pm

Great job! I am hoping to be able to actually complete one of these this year, I am hoping their are no injuries or life events to prevent that :)

Christine @ Love, Life, Surf on January 2, 2013 at 1:08 pm

Great job and so smart, keeping it to 1 mile runs when your body needed it. I can imagine the temptation to run more than that can be pretty high. I ended 2012 with a New Year’s Eve 5K! The biggest challenge was staying awake until then haha!