Good morning, friends! ☀️
This may become a tradition for us, as I love kicking off the start of the month with a new goal to get excited about — in our case, running at least a mile every day, or running 100 miles for the month, or any other goal that you find inspires you and motivates you to lace up your shoes and get out the door.
For me, I’m going to aim to run 100 miles this month, which is a little aggressive for the mileage I’ve been running lately. But I think it’s doable. (Keep in mind, any goal you set is arbitrary; there’s no right or wrong answer — just what’s right for you.)
What is a meaningful goal to you? What — once you complete it on May 31st — would give you a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction? Let that be your guide.
I hope you’re able to go out there and get in a great run today — I’ll be posting daily check-ins in our subscriber chat, which you can find here:
(I’m also open to emailing out daily checkins, as most of you read The Half Marathoner in your email inbox and not on our app — but I also don’t want to overload your inbox, so let me know what you think.)
In the meantime, I’ll leave you with a pair of inspiring things the famed Courtney Dauwalter shared in this great profile of her that dropped over the weekend — they’re thoughts I’ll be keeping in mind all this month:
“In general, I think everyone’s bars are just a little bit too low, and that we should raise the bar for ourselves,” she says. “We should go after the thing that sounds a little bit crazy or sounds a little bit too difficult and just see, because, why not?”
Whether that extra exertion comes via her beloved sport is secondary, as far as Dauwalter is concerned.
“Yes, I want more people to experience ultrarunning,” she concludes. “I would love people to choose that as their thing that sounds crazy that they want to try. But also, I think people can just do that with anything in their life and see what happens with it.”
I’m excited to get this month started with you!!
Your friend,
— Terrell
Good morning running friends. This hits home cause honestly once I get my mind right and declare I’m doing a half marathon and prepare I lower the bar and say nope. Can’t do it. Maybe next year or next time. I get so afraid of being too slow or even seeing results that the moment I miss one day of my training plan I instantly feel I failed and give up. Not this time. I’ve stuck with it so far and will continue to do so till race day no matter how fast or how slow I am. My race my pace.
I’m up for the challenge and thanks for the encouraging letter from Courtney.