Day 300 - the habit's ingrained

My 300th consecutive day of running at least a mile completed.

It feels fantastic. Although the days are drawing in and the temperature has been dropping, it's great to still be out there.

It's my daily dose of physicality and movement, which I have realised over the years are so important for me to be the best I can be.

I read an article earlier this week saying that it takes an average of 66 days of repeating a desired practice to turn it into a habit. I do seem to have created that habit.

Anyway, the question I asked myself on my run this morning was "What will make today a great day?" The answer I came up with was to honour my values of fun, adventure, connection, movement and expression.

I'm off to have a great day now.

Right tools for the job

It's been a while since I've posted an entry. Still running, with 294 consecutive days under my belt, just lacking the spark to write about it.

Anyway, I really enjoyed my run this morning. It was really cold with the first ground frost of the season. But although it was the coldest run of the week, I'd retrieved my thermal tops and woolly hat from the attic yesterday, which really made a difference.

There's definitely such a thing as the right tools for the job, and this morning I had them!

I met a young lady who served me coffee this morning, who apparently goes running every single morning at 4.30 am for an hour. I was really impressed and inspired.

It was great meeting someone who is doing something similar to me, only earlier and further, and who lives and runs within a mile or so of my house.

Hats off to you (woolly ones right now) Sabina!