Why Run Streaking Might be the Key to Your Next PR

Lessons from runners who have run every. single. day. from one year to 50 years. [View this email in your browser]( Sponsored by Streak Your Way to PRs In the past, I admit, I've not paid much attention to streaking. The idea seemed to me rather contrived, requiring arbitrary rules (e.g., what's the minimal distance that can be counted as a "run," how slow can you go and still call it running)—as well as being antithetical to performance goals, if not health. I'm beginning, however, to change my feelings on [running every day](. First, I've learned more about some of the world's [top streakers]( many who not only have kept running every day for [decades]( but are also national- and world-class competitors. Their streaks seem to bolster rather than distract from their successes. Second, in talking to elites through the years as well as runners who have stayed [competitive over a lifetime]( I've begun to appreciate the essential importance of consistency. More than any other aspect of training, success stems from building and maintaining a steady level of fitness and avoiding yo-yo training that requires you spend all your time rebuilding and often leads to injury. Granted, within that consistency you need variety. Even lifelong streakers know this: Jon Sutherland, who just passed [50 years of running every day]( states one of the keys to supporting your running habit is to "Mix your training up: intervals, long runs, recovery runs, tempo runs." You need to be doing something daily, but that something should be different most days. You need also need both hard days and days to recover from those hard days to adapt and get stronger. About those recovery days: The need for a regular "off" day or two is a key reason I've resisted the streak idea. I'm beginning to believe, however that if you can't run a mile or three on your recovery days, your hard day was probably too much—likely because you aren't consistent enough and the hard day represents a [disproportionate amount]( of your weekly training load. The streak is going to help balance that problem, not add more training stress. More important than the physical stress, it seems the obligatory requirement of a streak could ruin running. But, the fact is that I want to run most days. I want to run more often than I find the time to run. So, making the run more obligatory might just let me do what I want to do, as well as make me a better runner. I'm convinced: I'm going to start running every day, even if just for a mile or two. I'll stop whenever I start feeling, more often than not, that I have to run rather than get to run—I don't think that will happen anytime soon. —Jonathan Beverly, Editor [How and Why to Start a Run Streak]( Young streakers share how they reached the streaking milestones of passing one year and earning their 1,000-day comma—and what it has done for them. by Jonathan Beverly [Why Run Streaking Isn’t As Insane As It Sounds]( The no-excuses motivation of run streaking may be just what you need to up your running game. by Matt Fitzgerald [Floyd's of Leadville CBD products for athletes and active lifestyles.]( Floyd’s of Leadville makes natural, safe and effective CBD products that can help reduce pain and inflammation, improve sleep and help you relax and recover without the negative side effects. We offer an array of SoftGels, Tinctures, Balms, Hydration and Protein Recovery Mixes and gummie-style Gems in both Isolate (THC-Free) and Full Spectrum options. 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