And So It Begins..... I Hope

Wednesday 31st December

Run #t-24hours….

Realised today that I first registered this blog exactly a year ago proving, I guess, that there is a heavy 'New Year' motivation to blog somewhere that I'd love to deny. The rest of the motivation is likely coming from the standard combination of crippling insecurity and rampant narcissism that is typical of a lot of blogging I reckon.

So, short of obviously being so desperate to blog that I have taken a year to work up to it, what is this all about? Well the plan is to skip straight over NYE (which I loathe anyway), get an early night (failing on that already: not an auspicious start) and tomorrow to kick off a Run Streak. Then blog about it. As much to keep me accountable to actually doing it, as that I think it'll provide any wild anecdotes or funny tales.

Why a Run Streak? (And yes, I am going to continue to capitalise it, partly to feel more like it's actually a thing, and partly because I'm slightly addicted to inappropriate use of title case. It's almost a sickness). Given the very recent and wildly impressive Run Streak anniversary of the totally awesome and kudos-worthy Ron Hill (@Ronhill_UK - not missed a day running since December 1964) you could be forgiven for thinking that was inspiration enough. But I actually came across the concept a few months before this when an Elle magazine journo (@amylawrenson) wrote about hers. The growing trend has also been recently written about by the fabulous Rhalou Allerhand (@Rhalou) for Runners World

I'll admit, I've done precious little research or reading around the idea since - I figure I've got time to do that as I go along. For me, the main motivator is accountability. I can be notoriously flaky. Once I get out, and get going, I'm mostly OK but dammit I am SO good at the procrastination and more often than not can spend longer faffing on the pros and cons and dos and don'ts than the actual run. So I figured, perhaps wildly naively, that by taking the choice out of whether I go or not, the hurdle may be largely overcome....! I know, genius right? So the plan, starting tomorrow on the 1st of January, is to run at least 1 mile every single day, for as many consecutive days as I can.

So here it begins. Let's see what tomorrow brings...