One mailbox a day update after six weeks

Map My Run screen shot
After six weeks, this is our current daily run distance.

 

We began on Halloween 2015, six weeks ago. Run one mailbox a day for a week. Each week, add another mailbox (100 meters).

We are only at five mailboxes because in week two, we kept the distance at one mailbox (100 meters).

It’s interesting to watch how two, three, and four mailboxes no longer seem like a big deal. Each time we add a mailbox, we are running farther than he’s ever run in his life. Each new distance becomes a big deal – literally groundbreaking.

And then it becomes no big deal in a week or two.

 

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Slow and steady isn’t a theory

High School courtyard
High School courtyard.

 

Slow and steady isn’t a theory.

We just finished week six of becoming a runner. Our daily mailbox total is five, so far. Next week we will run six mailboxes each day.

 

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We forgot yesterday

Thanksgiving Day dinner in Florida
Yesterday’s Thanksgiving dinner on the back porch.

 

We forgot yesterday. No, we did’t forget it was Thanksgiving. We forgot to run “three mailboxes.” When things like this happen, forgive yourself and know that one day isn’t going to ruin things.

 

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It doesn’t seem like much until you realize it is

gathering firewood in a residential area
Mailboxes are about 100 meters apart where we live.

 

Three mailboxes a day (300 meters) – seems like such a short distance until you compare it to sitting on a couch.

 

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This is a big deal even though it’s so insignificant

Firewood sleds
Taught our son how to make a firewood sled – a simple way to transport armfuls of wood in a single trip.

 

firewood sleds
Minutes before, we completed three mailboxes.

 

Our son and i have begun the fourth week of running. We ran to the third mailbox from ours last night. The first week we ran to the mailbox closest to ours, about 100 meters away. The second week we repeated that distance. Week three (last week) we added another mailbox for a total of two (200 meters total). This week we added another mailbox for our new total distance of three mailboxes (300 meters). This is a big deal even though it’s so insignificant.

 

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