Streak Running

Just_Kisha

Aloha All, I was looking online and noticed people who run everyday (in some cases for years). I am thinking about doing it. The "rest" days are light 1 mile jogs. Does anyone currently follow this running plan?

AllanMisner

While there is no reason you couldn’t run every day, I’m not sure I’d recommend that being your only fitness training. The light jobs can be active recovery, but you’ll have to see how well you personally recover. Monitoring your sleep and heart rate variability might give you clues that you’re not recovering properly. And I would also consider gradually getting to that point rather than going all in day one.

Allan Misner
NASM Certified Personal Trainer (Corrective Exercise Specialist, Fitness Nutrition Specialist)
Host of the 40+ Fitness Podcast

ndwhitley

I just finished streaking!! I was in a fb group and the streak was from Thanksgiving to New Years Eve! I'll do another one during Lent. There's nothing wrong with running everyday, as long as you aren't running at race pace everyday.

TavistockToad

lksh_mccray wrote: »

Aloha All, I was looking online and noticed people who run everyday (in some cases for years). I am thinking about doing it. The "rest" days are light 1 mile jogs. Does anyone currently follow this running plan?

I wouldn't go from not running to running every day. Do you run at the moment?

3dogsrunning

TavistockToad wrote: »

lksh_mccray wrote: »

Aloha All, I was looking online and noticed people who run everyday (in some cases for years). I am thinking about doing it. The "rest" days are light 1 mile jogs. Does anyone currently follow this running plan?

I wouldn't go from not running to running every day. Do you run at the moment?

This.

My running club does an annual 100 days of running challenge, but it is a required 3 miles a day I think.
Lots of people do it successfully, but it is difficult. There are a lot who end up hurt too, or just finding they aren't recovered enough. The ones who are usually successful are those who have a strong running base to start with.

BrianSharpe

Running streaks are not for new runners (the longest I'm aware of was around 43 years) as your body goes through considerable physiological adaptations but once you've been running for a while, injury free, there's no reason not to (as others have mentioned it is beneficial to x-train too to address muscular imbalances and reduce the likelihood of injuries)

Just_Kisha

AllanMisner wrote: »

While there is no reason you couldn’t run every day, I’m not sure I’d recommend that being your only fitness training. The light jobs can be active recovery, but you’ll have to see how well you personally recover. Monitoring your sleep and heart rate variability might give you clues that you’re not recovering properly. And I would also consider gradually getting to that point rather than going all in day one.

Allan Misner
NASM Certified Personal Trainer (Corrective Exercise Specialist, Fitness Nutrition Specialist)
Host of the 40+ Fitness Podcast

Thank you for the reply. I generally run about 4-5 times a week anyway. I will make sure I don't push to hard. I also do Zumba and weight training.

Just_Kisha

ndwhitley wrote: »

I just finished streaking!! I was in a fb group and the streak was from Thanksgiving to New Years Eve! I'll do another one during Lent. There's nothing wrong with running everyday, as long as you aren't running at race pace everyday.

Thank you for the reply. I did a mile at a 12 minute pace today. I will throw a few of those in a week.

Just_Kisha

TavistockToad wrote: »

lksh_mccray wrote: »

Aloha All, I was looking online and noticed people who run everyday (in some cases for years). I am thinking about doing it. The "rest" days are light 1 mile jogs. Does anyone currently follow this running plan?

I wouldn't go from not running to running every day. Do you run at the moment?

Thank you for the reply. Yes I usually run a few times a week. I have been running for about 15 years.

Just_Kisha

3dogsrunning wrote: »

TavistockToad wrote: »

lksh_mccray wrote: »

Aloha All, I was looking online and noticed people who run everyday (in some cases for years). I am thinking about doing it. The "rest" days are light 1 mile jogs. Does anyone currently follow this running plan?

I wouldn't go from not running to running every day. Do you run at the moment?

This.

My running club does an annual 100 days of running challenge, but it is a required 3 miles a day I think.
Lots of people do it successfully, but it is difficult. There are a lot who end up hurt too, or just finding they aren't recovered enough. The ones who are usually successful are those who have a strong running base to start with.

Thank you for the reply. I am not sure I would be able to keep up with 3 miles a day up front. I want to build up to about 15 miles at one time.

Just_Kisha

BrianSharpe wrote: »

Running streaks are not for new runners (the longest I'm aware of was around 43 years) as your body goes through considerable physiological adaptations but once you've been running for a while, injury free, there's no reason not to (as others have mentioned it is beneficial to x-train too to address muscular imbalances and reduce the likelihood of injuries)

Thank you for the reply. I will try to stay balanced.

shmulyeng

Chiming in a bit late here. I'm currently at day 402 in my streak. This is actually a baby streak among the die hards I average about 3.5 miles a day. But that includes my 1 mile days and my long runs. Other than a 1 month period where I did 5K every day, I try to do at least 1 short run (streak saver) a week.
If you decide to do it, be very careful to listen to your body. If you have any specific questions, let me know.