Every year, the same thing happens.
We promise ourselves change: better health, more exercise, more time for ourselves. And every year, sometime in January or February, it slowly fades away.
Not because we are lazy.
But because our New Year’s resolutions are often too big, too vague – or too dependent on motivation.
Why Are New Year’s Fitness and Running Resolutions So Hard to Keep?
The most common obstacles look surprisingly similar for most people:
- Goals set too high – “I’ll run five times a week” sounds great, but quickly feels overwhelming.
- Lack of time – work, family, everyday life. Training ends up last on the list.
- Motivation that comes and goes – motivation is great… but unreliable.
- All-or-nothing thinking – miss one workout and it feels like everything is ruined.
The result? We quit – not because we don’t care, but because the bar was set wrong from the start.
Simple Beats Perfect – Every Time
What if your New Year’s resolution instead was:
I will run at least one mile (1.6 km) every day.
Not fast.
Not far.
Not pretty.
Just one mile.
That’s the core of a runstreak – and exactly why it works.
Why Does a Runstreak Work So Well for Runners?
✔️ Ridiculously low resistance
One mile takes 10–15 minutes. You have time, even on bad days.
✔️ The decision is already made
No daily negotiations with yourself. You run – period.
✔️ Consistency beats intensity
It’s not the perfect workouts that build runners, it’s the regular ones.
✔️ Bad days count too
Slow jogs. Run-walks. Rain. Darkness. It all counts.
✔️ The streak becomes bigger than motivation
You don’t run because you feel motivated – you run because you are a runstreaker.
When Motivation Fades – Let the System Carry You
Deep in our DNA lives the collector.
We want to see progress. We want to count. We don’t want to break the chain.
This is where the runstreakr app, available on the App Store, becomes a powerful tool for anyone who wants to maintain a runstreak and succeed with a running New Year’s resolution.
Every day you run becomes a dot in the calendar – a visual proof of your progress and success.
Day by day, the calendar fills up.
The number of days adds up.
And with every new day, your confidence grows stronger.
Suddenly, you’re not just running for today’s mile –
you’re running to not lose what you’ve already built.
It’s simple psychology.
And it works.
What If I’m Sick, Injured, or Completely Exhausted?
Then you run easy.
One mile is not a workout – it’s a promise to yourself.
Runstreak is not about performance.
It’s about identity.
I am a person who runs every day. I am a runstreakr.
Once that identity is in place, progress follows almost automatically.
A Running New Year’s Resolution You Can Actually Keep
If you want a New Year’s resolution that:
- doesn’t require perfect motivation
- doesn’t fall apart at the first setback
- gives you daily small wins
- builds confidence over time
…then a runstreak is one of the simplest and most sustainable choices you can make.
One mile.
Every day.
One dot in the calendar.
And before you know it, you haven’t just kept a New Year’s resolution –
you’ve changed who you are.