Day Two: Enjoy the Ride

Otto Arena - Put in two miles on one of these today

It's a marathon, not a sprint!

We've all heard this expression. Usually when we face some sort of daunting task or are going to participate in an event that's going to take more than a few hours. Or days. Or weeks. Or months.

For us in the #AllanNation EARC Secret Run Streak group, the saying is apt. Only to say that it's a marathon probably doesn't really do this justice. Even if we do the minimum of one mile over the course of 100 days, that's still 100 miles and that's nothing to sneeze at.

But to put things in perspective, I had a conversation with my buddy Scott Nelsen today. About running. As you are aware, Scottie's a runner and he's been known to string together runs over the course of several months.  The first one he was on, four or five years ago, the only reason he stopped was because he got into a car accident. I think that  streak was over 200 days.  He's currently in another streak that he began during Easter.  Let's see. Easter is in April, so it's been eight months he's been at it.  That's a tremendous accomplishment.  (Disclaimer, he's not aware of our pact and by the way, in the event you were curious, the longest running streak ever lasted 52 years and 39 days and ended just this past February.)

So for us, we're just barely into the path to our goal. Common interest is good.  So is working toward having good health. As George Carlin said in an email forwarded by Glen Hansen today..."Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help."

Keep grinding #AllanNation.