RUN, REPEAT
RUN, REPEAT
Our writer was challenged to run 5K A DAY EVERY DAY for a month. He expected it to improve his race times – but he didn’t bargain on the strength PBs he achieved, too
28 DAYS LATER
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The challenge The challenge was simple: run 5K every day for 28 days. No rest days, no shortcuts, no doubling up to get ahead. Just 5K, every day, regardless of how I felt. I wasn’t starting from scratch, but I wasn’t in peak running shape either. My training had been half-hearted for a while – enough to get by, but not really enough to improve. I knew 5K was doable on any given day. The question was what it would feel like doing it 28 times in a row, with a sleep-shy toddler, work and general life distractions thrown in. I also kept strength training twice a week throughout – mainly because I didn’t want my gym numbers to completely fall off a cliff. The plan – if you can call it that – was to hold everything steady and see what gave first.