30 days, 30 runs challenge

To keep me active post Kona and whilst I decide what I will focus on next I thought I would have a go at the 30 day 30 runs challenge that I have seen on social media. The challenge appeals to me for a few reasons. 1. With running being my weakest triathlon discipline I thought it may be a good way to get some mileage under my belt. 2. Now that I have extra responsibilities with being a Dad my time for training is more stretch, however this challenge is 'frequency' based. It simply takes a small time commitment each day, not a big time commitment every other day. When I thought about the challenge though it revealed to me a hidden belief, I doubted my ability to achieve the challenge, not physically but from an organisation/discipline point of view, could I be organised and disciplined enough to take 30-60mins each day to devote to this challenge?! It was this doubt that has prompted action - I need to answer that question!

As I understand it there is only one rule for the challenge which I have put down below in red, I have also added a few rules and goals of my own!

Rule #1 - Must achieve 30 runs in 30 days, ideally with a run everyday. If a day does get missed you may run twice the next day but runs must have a clear distinction i.e. be a morning and evening run. 

Rule #2 - Only one day in a row can be missed and made up for. If two days are missed the challenge is unsuccessful!

Rule #3 - To qualify it as a run the minimum distance per run I have challenged myself to is 5km.

Goal #1 - I will aim to run 27 of the runs as 'base runs' with my heart rate within 5 bpm of my Maffetone HR which is 150bpm. The 3 other runs will be interval based.

Goal #2 - 50% or more of my runs are to be off road/trail.

Goal #3 - I will run 'mindfully' with a focus on an element of form such as: Leaning from the ankle, subtle knee lift to promote higher cadence, light foot contacts under hips, keeping hips lifted, tall posture with shoulders back, relaxed arm swing, relaxed breathing

At the time of posting this I have completed 5 runs all in the region of 8km. Stats below.

On a few runs I have exceeded my heart rate goal so I need to keep a closer check on that. But other than that I have so far found the challenge very motivating and it has certainly given me a focus that I am enjoying. Further updates to follow.........

	Distance (Km)	Av HR
Run 1	8.43	146
Run 2	7.89	154
Run 3	9.18	156
Run 4	7.95	147
Run 5	7.92	155
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	41.37