I have only been a "runner" for just over 8 years and in that time I've enjoyed the variety the sport can offer: 10k, marathon, parkrun, coaching and cross country. However one thing in particular has grabbed my attention - track running.
Four years ago was the 60th anniversary of a special moment in athletics and it caught my imagination. Here's an excerpt from a blog I wrote (https://runningdanw.wordpress.com/2016/05/06/breaking-the-barrier-the-4-minute-mile/) a while back:
"The year was 1954 – a different time. Queen Elizabeth II was just a year into her reign, post-war sugar rationing had not long come to an end, little more than 25% of families had a television and the human body was stubbornly refusing to run a mile in less than four minutes. Until a 25-year-old junior doctor named Roger Bannister returned to the Oxford University track at Iffley Road."
It inspired me to try out the mile and as a result
I looked to find 59 others to try it for themselves to gather 60 miles for the 60th anniversary. And #RunYourMile was born.
Sadly, the legendary Sir Roger Bannister passed away earlier this year. I had been considering of bringing the #RunYourMile back this year so what a great way to celebrate Bannister's life.
So, can I find 64 steemians to run a single mile as fast as they can to celebrate the 64th anniversary of the first 4 minute mile?
#RunYourMile Challenge Rules
The challenge starts now and runs for 8 weeks.
I will post a summary post each week to feature who has run where.
- Run a single mile as fast as you can, recording it with a run tracking app
- Create a blog post on SteemIt describing your mile and what it means to you, with photos if you wish
- Add images to show the route and stats, with a link to the full data if you wish
- Make sure #RunYourMile is in the post title and the tags
- Add a link to your post as a comment on the latest #RunYourMile challenge post (so this week post it on this post)
- Add a link to the latest #RunYourMile challenge post in your post
- Upvote and resteem the latest #RunYourMile challenge post
At the end of the 8 weeks I'll total up the value of the #RunYourMile posts and reward the fastest, most interesting, most challenging miles, best story, best photo and anything else I think is deserving!
Let's see what happens! Go #RunYourMile now!