The End of the Streak

Today is the first day that I have not run since early October last year. My streak is over. I ran 275 days in a row. My previous streak was 77 days. One mile was all that was required to keep the streak intact. I ran in the dark in the jungles of Belize. I ran at 4:30 in the morning before early plane trips. I even ran at 10:00 one night to avoid the summer heat. I knew the streak would end next week when I traveled to Croatia, so the pressure of not running was off. I didn’t run today because I didn’t feel like it. I run most every morning, but during the streak I even ran on those days I didn’t feel like it. The streak became less interesting to me. I will now go back to running most days. I just won’t run a mile on days where it’s inconvenient or I’m not feeling it.