why it never restarts
The memory of being fit is the obstacle
- Your first run is measured against your last oneThe body you are comparing yourself to was seventeen and trained five days a week under someone else's schedule. That comparison ends most attempts in the first fortnight.
- Back then the structure came from outsideFixed sessions, a coach, teammates who noticed an absence. All of that disappeared at once, and nothing replaced the part that made you turn up.
- Starting over feels like admitting somethingSo it keeps not happening. The gap grows, and each additional year makes day 1 slightly more expensive.
how it runs
Three tasks in the morning, one report at night
how it runs
Three tasks in the morning, one report at night
the shape of it
What the hundred days usually look like
Learning to run slowly on purpose. Most restarts fail here by going out at a pace that belongs to an old memory.
Learning to run slowly on purpose. Most restarts fail here by going out at a pace that belongs to an old memory.
The first week where life gets in the way. You log it, keep the count, and the restart stops being fragile.
A hundred written days. Running is present tense again, on terms set by your current schedule.
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The roads a hundred days run on
Long streaks are kept by ordinary people, with a written rule
what we can point at
Streak Runners International and the US Running Streak Association maintain a public registry of certified streaks of a year or longer, on one published rule: at least one mile of running every calendar day.
sourceWe link the organisation rather than quote membership figures, because the counts we found were second-hand.
Three tasks each morning. One report each night. A hundred days of running.
before you sign up
Reasonable questions
Do I have to run every day to take part?
No. You write the task, and a rest day written as the day's task counts. The hundred days count reports, not consecutive runs.
I have not run in fifteen years. Where do I start?
With a task you can finish today, which for most people is minutes rather than kilometres. The programme has no entry standard.
Is there a plan included?
No. You choose the plan, the app, or nothing at all. What is included is the daily structure and the people reading your log.
Is this competitive?
No. There are no rankings, no times and nothing to qualify for. The only visible number is which day you are on.
When does the next group start?
On a fixed date, so everyone counts the same hundred days. Leave an email and we will tell you which one.
Day 1, fifteen years later
Leave an email and we will tell you when the next hundred days open.
- No entry standard and no rankings
- Three tasks a day, one report a night
- A hundred days counted from a fixed start date
One email, when the next hundred days start.
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