Today marks 3 years of running every day. I can clearly remember my last non-running day on December 26, 2011. I had celebrated the whole day with dear friends and decided to take a little break. I knew I was planning on attempting the challenge set forth by the I <3 to Run page to run a mile every day in 2012. I was up to the challenge.
Apparently I am still up to the challenge. Celebrated day 1000 with a surprise party with friends on September 21st and today celebrated quietly by myself after a long day cheering for Dannika at her double header soccer tourney. You see, run streakers are just ordinary people who commit to taking at least 12 minutes outta their day to get a mile in.
And so here I am, day 1097, year 3, 4,987.55 miles (average of 4,5 miles a day) ready to keep going. Some call me crazy, some tell me to take a break, but really, what is living without a goal? Me, I don't know. I am always pushing on, learning, growing, challenging myself, and pushing a little further. 2014 has been an amazing year. I ran 16 races. In April I ran the Ford Island 10K, the North Shore Marathon, and the Hapalua Half Marathon in the span of 8 days. Just two weeks ago I ran the Honolulu Marathon and the Hawaii Kai Ultra run in the span of 6 days. I earned the title of Marathon Maniac. I am not a 3 year run streaker. I am 42 year old mom of two who works full time. Every day I am blasting past everyone's expectations. I kind of like that. :)
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