Running a 5k Every Day for a Month

I was never a runner until about two years ago. When I was in high school, I could not run to save my life. I remember not making it into my high school soccer team because I had zero cardio. I hated running for that simple reason.

The people with who we surround ourselves will always set the course of our lives. These people will influence the way we think, act, speak, and behave.

In the early months of 2019, a series of unexpected life events led me to experience anxiety for the first time. I was always a hardcore “mind over matter” kind of guy until this period of my life.

Around that time, I reached out to two of my closest friends. I asked them what physical hobby I could get into that would help me physically and mentally. Them being runners, they recommended running. The rest is history. Eight months later, I registered for my first sprint triathlon. I finished the race dead last.

As a minimalist, there’s a term I like to use when we remove things in life that we do not need:

Not having to commute to work gave me an extra three hours per day. I used that time to hit my goal weight, take care of my mental health, physically get in shape, and reflect on how I can connect with my authentic self.

Last month, I took the month to focus 100% on me. My personal routine consisted of work, run, read, sleep, repeat. I removed my social media as well. Zero static noise. The only noise would be the thoughts of my own and my feet hitting the pavement.

I noticed I was running a 5k for about a week straight. I texted my running friends that I wanted to run a 5k every day. I didn’t plan it. I just wanted to do it. My friend messaged me back and asked how much was that in total. It was 96.1 miles. At that point, I was not even thinking about the end game…

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