It's quite tempting, with new ideas, to start the introduction of the thing with, "I've always..." Always is probably never the case.
In this case, I do have a new idea and it's not something I've always done. Still, that's how I was tempted to open this blog.
Anyways, starting tomorrow, July 1, 2024 I'm going to run every day, or nearly every day, for the next 6 months. Until January 1, 2025.
I have 2 main goals/reasons:
1. Get better at running
2. Get better at story telling
My in-laws live (as the crow flies) 2,219.93 miles from my house. They're in Albany, Oregon. We're in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Over these next 6 months, I'm going to run that distance. Not to their house, but mimicking the distance while staying mostly nearby my house.
By running this consistently, somewhere around 12 miles a day or 84.5 miles per week, I'll get better at running.
By writing about it and making videos, I'll get better at storytelling.
Here's the project's front page on the internet.
Some sub-reasons/goals I'm doing this:
1.1: to show that we can definitely do more than we think we can (across many skills/disciplines/interests
1.2: to show that long-distance running is accessible and can be as close to free as you want to make it
1.3: to show you don't need all the right gear to be a runner
2.1: to show you don't need all the right gear to be a storyteller
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Hope you'll follow along, subscribe to my stuff, and share what you're working on too :)