Like many entrepreneurs I identify as a ‘quick start’. Someone who loves to start things but very rarely finish them. Once the initial romance with the new initiative wares off and I am just left with the arduous march towards completion I tend to abandon it completely and move on to something new and exciting. Maybe you can relate. This challenge was pretty much entirely about consistency. Sure, during the process, I have become a much faster runner and lost nearly 40lbs. But the real reason behind all the running was committing to something extremely tangible, long term that pushed me. Like many, because of the restrictions, I had a renewed commitment to take advantage of the outdoors. Really using this crisis as an opportunity to get outside and to emerge out the other side of this difficult year, a wiser, stronger, and healthier version of myself. These are all smaller in scope than running every street in your city or trying to Everest, but they will help you develop good habits that you can carry over into the rest of 2021.I decided to challenge myself and run 100km a month for 6 consecutive months. It was back in June against the backdrop of the pandemic. Although the curve was beginning to flatten, all the social restrictions were still in place – the “new normal”. Another challenge could be never to miss a weekly strength workout, or you could promise yourself that you’ll dedicate 15 minutes to both the warmup and cooldown before and after each hard run. Every time your alarm rings, get up and go for your morning run, regardless of how tired you are. For example, decide not to hit the snooze button on your alarm at all throughout January. Instead, you can focus on something smaller. Your running New Year’s Resolution doesn’t have to be some big event. Blaine Penny and Myron Tetrault tackling Nose Hill in Calgary for a group Everesting run. Whether you complete this challenge in one day or 31, climbing close to 9K is super impressive. You can certainly try doing this in one run if you want, but you can also turn it into a personal month-long challenge. The challenge, which is normally completed in one go, involves running or riding up and down the same hill until you have gained 8,849m of elevation, which is the height of Mount Everest. RELATED: Planning for a year of unknowns in 2021 EverestingĮveresting is mainly a cycling challenge, but some runners have tackled it, too. If this sounds interesting to you, give it a shot in January, starting on New Year’s Day.
You don’t need an official event to do this. On October 1, they ran one mile, the next day, they ran two miles and they continued until October 31, when they ran 31. Throughout the entire month, Linden and challenge participants ran the number of miles (or kilometres) that corresponded with the date. In October, Boston Marathon champion Des Linden hosted a virtual challenge called Run Destober. Photo: Twitter/jenrunswithdogs Monthly progression Ultrarunner Jen Golbeck ran every street in the Florida Keys earlier in 2020. It can get boring running the same few routes over and over again, and this will help you break out of that cycle, make your runs more interesting and push you to discover new areas wherever you live. Track your progress at, a website that will show you what percentage of local streets you have run and how much more you have to go. The total distance for this run every street challenge depends on where you live, but unless you’re from a one- or two-street town (in which case you will have no trouble completing this project), it should work out to be quite a big undertaking. RELATED: Virtual Goggins Challenge: four miles every four hours for 48 hours Run every street
Whether you choose to run five days in a row or all month (or even more), this will be a great way to motivate yourself to get up and out for a workout, even on the darkest and coldest days. Why not try a run streak in January? You can set your own rules (such as minimum distance per run), and it can be as short or as long as you like. The key is to pick something you’ll enjoy. Try one, try multiple or come up with your own. Here are a few fun personal running challenges you can incorporate into your regular schedule. If you make your resolution fun, you’ll probably have a better chance at sticking with it as the year goes by.
The thing is, there’s no rule that says resolutions have to be serious things that you don’t want to do. This is a common practice, but the term “New Year’s Resolution” has grown to become a bit negative, as many people end up giving up on these changes by February or March. It’s almost 2021, and as always, people around the world will be making New Year’s Resolutions in the coming days.
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