hey everyone it's morgan yates and today i'm back trying something i never thought i would try
and that is running as a non-runner i can't even tell you the last time i ran prior to this
challenge it had been like years if you've been following my videos for a minute then you may
remember a while back i tried doing 30 days of boxing i've taken on a bunch of other fitness
challenges throughout time a bunch of like influencer workout programs and just trying
new fitness things is something i really love to do i took on 30 days of running because national
university today's video sponsor challenged me to try something new for 30 days as part of their 30
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let's go ahead and hop in starting with some predictions or goals i guess i really only have
one main one and that is that of course i hope to just get faster with this but i really have
no clue how fast of a mile i can even run and my biggest goal here is just to actually stick with
this for the full consistent 30 days because if you've watched my other challenge videos
you know i have a tendency to like miss some days here and there and extend it and whatever
so for this one i am set on doing this 30 days consistently let's get started hop into day one
day one trying to decide if for today because i have literally not run like not even attempted
to run not even run from like my front door to my car like i have run no distance
in so long so i really have no idea where my endurance and whatnot is at with running itself
for day one do i want to just like push it to the max and like run as far as i can
or is that a bad way to start because then i'm gonna feel the need to like push myself a hundred
percent every single day and then like that discouraged me from wanting to run on future days
because i feel like i have to do so much like is it better to start with just like i want to run a
mile every day and like maybe build off from that or maybe stick with the mile and be consistent in
any case watching up we're gonna track it let's get ready to run for the next 30 days
here we go all right so how we got going i thought i measured this out properly beforehand i thought
it was gonna be a mile ended up being point eight nine and i've definitely learned a couple things
already for example i need to double knot my shoes i think i stopped four times to tie my shoes and
then i was like why am i not double knotting these did that secondly i wore a pair of leggings
because i had a pocket so i could put my phone in it it's like my hands free running apparently the
pair i put on was too big in my waist the whole time i was just pulling up my pants so this was
like not good for time purposes i did .89 miles not a lot and my time was 10 32 which i feel
like i could run a whole mile in that time so now we know with these setbacks also i'm thinking a
different day i might want to just drive somewhere and run somewhere because where i live it's like
stop sign every like five feet it feels like sometime to make a lot of stops anyways average
mile pace was 11 45 we're gonna work to get that down by the end anyways day one complete 29 to go
a quick observation that the sidewalks around here
suck they're all like cracked and up and down and i feel like i'm gonna trip the whole time day two
i strategized much better and i mapped out the exact mile this time and i did it in 10 35 so
we clearly came down a lot off of yesterday's time it goes to show how much i was having to
like stop and tie my shoes and pull up my pants and the whole shebang success
i ran a little bit ago my time today was 10 20 for like exactly a mile which i just feel
like it's very slow like i'm generally like i'm a strong person i'm generally in good shape like my
endurance is actually pretty good so i don't know why like what it is with running that is just like
mentally challenging for me to like keep doing like i want to stop not actually because it's
hard or because i'm tired because i can't go on like i was trying to check myself like i don't
actually feel that tired at all compared to like any other workouts i do so i know i could keep
going but something about it is just like mentally hard i don't know how do i train myself to enjoy
something that i i don't know if i necessarily enjoy you know is also a bit discouraging
which again it's like i'm not pushing myself as hard as i could that's the other thing and i know
i feel like my times are very slow which again i'm not a runner i just thought they would be better
i guess but i just googled like average mile running times for women like in my age group
it says that the average mile for a woman 25 to 29 is 11 42. which that sounds slow the article
said a non-competitive relatively in-shape runner usually completes one mile in about nine to ten
minutes on average if you're new to running you might run one mile and closer to 12 to 15
minutes as you build up endurance why do i have it in my head that everyone runs a mile in like
seven and a half to eight minutes are all of my friends just incredibly in shape
yes so maybe that's why i don't know what we're working with we'll see where things go
we're on to day 10 this is like a third of the way through already i feel like things
so far have been pretty good at the end of this i want to hopefully have a progression with like
the time it took me to run a mile but like day to day i'm not that bothered with what my mile time
is however it has been generally pretty annoying to have to stop at 45 000 stop signs it slows me
down it keeps me from like really being able to zone out i feel like there's never a moment of
like i'm just relaxing running it's like i'm not paying attention for like cars and pedestrians and
like which way i'm gonna go next yesterday in an effort to eliminate those factors actually
drove to beverly hills there's a lot of long streets without stop signs for like
long periods of time and just like beautiful palm tree views i also think i really like when i have
a pretty view it is just so much more motivating as well there's a little switch up for like being
a third of the way into this and today i'm just back in my neighborhood on our little uneven
sidewalks anyways carry on say 10. let's get it this was a general progress update yesterday my
mile in beverly hills was 1005. it took off a good chunk of time not having to like wait around to
stop lights and stop signs who knew this would be a video about so many traffic laws i have no idea
sos i don't know why today i'm just so physically so tired the thought of getting up to do this is
not it i am exhausted i've been laying here all day like working from bed the sun is setting in
like 30 minutes so i'm really just almost out of time but oh my god i don't know if i'm just
getting in a slump out of nowhere on this so fast or if i just didn't sleep enough which i didn't
i'm having the single longest day of my entire life i just pulled into my driveway
i put on lip gloss to pretend i have my life together but
all i want to do is lay down do not want to do this right now but i'm going to
we're on to day 13. i ran first thing this morning and i'm just sitting here planning out my next
24 hours i have the busiest weekend tomorrow literally from like first thing in the morning
through like late into the evening i have so many things like back to back and so i'm realizing
that the only time i would be able to run tomorrow is if i were to literally wake up i'm talking like
run at like 6 a.m we're talking about that so that does not sound ideal and i feel like i
could easily just you know give this a little day break and then tack on another day to the end and
like that is fine like what's the big difference at this point but i really am for once in my life
if you guys remember when i did like a 30 days of boxing video like i was so inconsistent with that
which was fine like there were a lot of lessons i learned from that you can check out the video
if you want to but instead of just going the same route i really would just wanted to try
to actually like stick this out every single day for 30 days and like maintain that consistency and
like just have that be rewarding i feel like i owe it to myself in order to follow through with those
goals to actually like suck it up and wake up and do something i would never normally do which is
going to run or do anything at 6am there is time i could technically do it like later tomorrow
evening but it'd be like eight o'clock i just don't feel good about that as being like a lone
girl in the wild you know it has been i would say this has been challenging being constrained
to doing this within the daylight hours and like with the sun setting so early because
i do of course just want to be safe and i don't feel comfortable running after dark so therefore
this is just like another thing that's been added to like my daily like work working hours i guess
because the sunset's at like 5 or 5 30. i don't know it has been a little bit of a stressful point
the past few days having a little tiny bit of a burnout moment i think but i am gonna suck it up
and wake up tomorrow and go on a 6 a.m run let's do it so bring this back to today's video sponsor
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i learned throughout this challenge can apply to many situations in life on a lot of these days as
you're seeing i was lacking in motivation or in the moment i just didn't feel like i could do it
but above my feelings in any given moment was my greater goal and that was completing the challenge
so if a goal of yours is to go back to school and further your education i really encourage you to
take the steps necessary to get to that goal even if it does feel intimidating right now or if you
are lacking in motivation or if it gets hard along the way you know eyes on the goal and i
feel like anytime you try something new a lot of times the hardest part is just getting started so
consider this your push and looking back at this day in the challenge i'm so glad that i
went on that 6 a.m run instead of just adding an extra day on because being on the other side of
it it's been some time and it just feels like it was no big deal it's just like in the moment that
it was such a challenge and now i just get to be proud of myself that i stuck to it is so so early
day 19 not feeling this today i've had the most stressful week
yeah i don't know i've been glued to a screen all day it feels like that's just
what i've been doing every single day this week spirits are low it's also cold out which is not
motivating to like want to be outside it's just the getting started that's what's so hard i'm like
learning this lesson with this running thing i'm learning it with work this year like i just have
slowed down like i don't know last year i was just grinding it out i feel like i just let things come
to such a halt that it is so hard to like get things moving again i don't know i know just
every day that like the second i actually leave to go on this run like immediately it's easy to
get into it and like i'm so glad i did it but it's just like getting to the start is just like
the most challenging part for whatever reason so i don't know literally i'm going to be up
all night tonight it's just so much work normally on days like this where i'm super pressed for time
and super stress i would just not put the pressure on myself to also work out i mean working out
though it does like relieve a lot of stress for me it's a big source of joy for me especially like
going on hikes or like going to a boxing class things like that that i really really love
and i wouldn't say that i have the same joy or relaxation found in running potentially yet i
don't know carrying on so around the day 20 mark i was really missing my hikes and just starting
to burn out a little bit and i thought it could be a good change of scenery to actually just go
to the place that i used to hike in the evenings here in la and instead just try to run as much as
i could of it which i did not expect to be able to run like the whole way up but it was a bit
easier than i thought it was probably running like 80 to 90 percent of the way up we made it to the
top i always like to take a second up here to like start my music and just be happy that i live here
because it is beautiful heading out for day 22 i have a lot of energy i'm very excited yesterday
and today i thought i would go back to the same hike again it's been good to switch it up before
this 30 days i really liked going and just like doing a walking hike even though it takes longer
for me to get over there then of course takes longer to actually hike up because you're on
an incline than it does to just like run a flat mile here it's just been exciting i don't know
i've really enjoyed the past few days so we're gonna maybe keep that up a little bit i don't
know i always thought that running up a hike would just be like impossible but i don't know it's just
it's made a world of difference i think being able to go somewhere with the view but also that's just
like a straight shot where i can like actually fully zone out i think maybe that's been my deal
like my issue with running not being able to just like zone out and like run like again with the
stop sign issue it's nice to just like just be in nature and fully zone out and like actually find
it be like a very like relaxing restorative time so excited going there again today and let's go
one thing that i've learned is that i used to use those just like black masks that were super
breathable because i thought that was ideal for working out as time has gone on these which you
can like breathe less through i actually like better because the other ones i feel like i'm
always like deep breathing into my mouth and these it's like they hold their shape
so i don't know for the most comfortable workout i've been liking these another day down
day 25 complete day 26 we are in the home stretch this hike situation has had me on
such a roll my miles again are like so much slower now because they're going uphill but
it has just been so like i'm i've been looking forward to this every day i
am just leaving so happy so refreshed full of endorphins and just like this is just the
best week ever is what it feels like i don't know just such a good way to like wrap up my
work day so it's like a good motivating factor as well to like make sure i get all my stuff
done efficiently in time so that i can of course get there before sunset i'm excited let's do it so
on day 27 my favorite boxing studio workout class here in la open back up i have missed that place
so so much over the past year i literally could not even wait four more days until the end of the
challenge to like go back like i had to be there immediately so for the remaining few days i was
actually doubling up i would go to a boxing class and then just run this mile in santa monica where
the class was held just like outside but they were actually my easiest smiles i think because
i already had my endorphins going i was already in my workout groove had like just finished this
class feeling great so yeah these next few days were actually pretty easy to complete
because i was just so happy like running off the joy of having these boxing classes back
day 29 feeling in my lives today between the boxing and this
we're on day 30. how in the world did we make it to day 30 like i'm shocked i genuinely didn't
think i was actually gonna do this consistently for 30 days if you would ask me in the beginning
to place a bet on this i would have thought i was not going to do it in 30 days i don't
know how we made it here honestly i am floored i think it's been good like switching up locations
and routines the past little bit i've obviously been doubling off with like other workout classes
or like going on a little hike run and things like that so i genuinely have no clue what time
i can actually like run a regular mile and like getting back to the beginning i'm just gonna
like compare it to in terms of like progress from where i started so i am just gonna run my little
neighborhood circuit today i'm not doing a boxing class we're just like trying to clean slate it
trying to compare this as closely as possible to our first couple days so as a reminder on day
one i think my time is like 11 45 but day two it was like we took off like a whole minute of
that because of the fiasco day one we're gonna see what we managed to accomplish with these 30 days
i've never been so excited for a run in my life all right so i'm back and the final results are
my day 30 mile time is 9 20. you told me if it's good i don't know i'm proud of myself so we cut
off like one to two minutes from where we started and again that time is still with like having to
like stop for a bunch of intersections so i don't know i'm pretty proud of it that might be really
slow to some people like for a fact that is the fastest mile of my life i ran because i'm just
so not a runner we get it that's it for day 30 we did so we have made it through the 30 days i
am just shocked that we actually completed this in 30 consecutive days oh i try to think about things
across like all of life is focusing on putting in the work and like focusing on the journey in the
process versus finding all of the reward and the result if that makes sense because a lot of times
results are out of your control of course my mouth time did come down throughout this challenge but
that's not even what i'm like that proud of i guess i'm so proud of myself that i was actually
able to stick with this for 30 days every time i do one of these 30 day challenges it just feels
like such an investment in myself and i always finished just so happy that i tried and learned
something new so on that note thank you so much again to national university for challenging me
to this again i will have them linked below if you're interested in learning something new in
30 days whether it be like a new skill a new language any interest that you're looking to
build and invest in yourself by taking a class there and again i'm passing the challenge along
to you guys i really encourage you to think about something big or small that you can
challenge yourself to do over the next 30 days setting one achievable goal that you can stick
with every single day and just like at the end be so proud of yourself for being consistent for it's
just a really great feeling i guess final take on running i definitely like it more than i used to
i've come to really love my little run hikes so i think we will keep that in business so it's been
a very rewarding 30 days thank you guys so much for watching and i will see you in my next video