Man Ran One Mile Every Day For 100 Days Straight Shares Incredible Impact It Had On His Body
We’re living in a time where nearly everyone is obsessed with running in one way or another, and one lad has now put his body to the test by running one mile every day for 100 days in a row.
If you haven’t caught the running bug yet, then you probably will at some point, whether it be a casual parkrun 5k or a huge endurance challenge, it’s a sport that pretty much everyone can enjoy.
While you should be happy with whatever speed or distance you’re running, there’s always going to be someone who one-ups you, and once you make your peace with that, then life is far easier, as we can’t all be elite athletes.
Unsurprisingly, running regularly is one of the best things you can do for your body, so long as you don’t overdo it. Some experts even warn about the impact of extreme endurance challenges on the body.
Social media influencer Zack Telander set himself the challenge of doing a mile every day for 100 days, with the added mission of taking 10 seconds off his time each day.
Speaking about the challenge, he said:
“I decided to start running because I was actually on the toilet, and I thought, ‘Man it would be really cool to run a mile in 10 minutes today, and then try a mile in 9 minutes and 50 seconds tomorrow, 9 minutes and 40 seconds the following day’.”
“Essentially, dropping 10 seconds each day until I can’t do it anymore. And then within the hour of that thought, I was at the track running.”
After starting on 1 June, Telander quickly racked up 22 consecutive days and was feeling better every day, even if there were times when he had to drag himself to the start line.
He added:
“There were days definitely where I didn’t want to run. And the one thing I kept saying was, ‘You know you didn’t run.’ I could say I completed the streak, but I would know the truth. That thought immediately made me put my shoes on and go.”
After completing the 100 days, the influencer had massively improved his speed and also noticed major physical changes.
Zack explained:
“After 100 days, I feel great, and I will keep going because I worked this hard to gain this ability.”
“When I started, I couldn’t run at this pace for longer than a mile and a half or two miles, and now I feel like I can keep going and going.”
His background was mainly in heavy lifting, but he enjoyed the challenge so much that he gradually shifted more of his focus toward running.
He added:
“Yesterday I ran 12 x 400 metre sprints at a pretty fast pace with only a minute in-between, and I didn’t even think about going to the gym later that night.”
If improving your running speed is something you’d like to do, experts often recommend adding squats, lunges, deadlifts, sprint sessions, and hill training into your workout routine to build endurance and speed.
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