What's Your 100 Miles?

By MJ | March 2026

Spencer is 14 days out from running Blackbeard's Revenge 100. Like, actual 100 miles. Straight through the night, with us (his crew) following him in an RV and a fueling plan that has a checklist.

I'm not running it. But watching him build toward this has made me think a lot about a question I don't think enough of us actually sit with.

What's my version of that?

It's Not About Whether You Run

Because it was never really about the running. It was about the decision to pick something big enough that it actually asks something from you. Something that requires you to become a slightly different person just to show up to the start line.

That's the part nobody talks about. And that's the part that's for everyone.

Most of us have something sitting in the back of our minds. You know the thing. The one you keep almost doing. The goal you've been "not ready" for going on two years now. The version of yourself you keep pushing back until life slows down or conditions get better.

They won't. And you know that.

How to Actually Figure Out What Yours Is

Here's how I think about it when I'm being honest with myself.

It should make you a little uncomfortable to say out loud. Not in a reckless way, but in a "I don't know if I can actually pull this off" way. That feeling isn't a warning sign. It's a compass.

It should ask something real from you. Time, consistency, sacrifice. Something you haven't had to give at that level before. Easy goals don't change you. The ones that require something do.

And when you imagine finishing it, it should feel like something. Not just relief. Like you actually know who you had to become to get there.

Okay, But What Do You Actually Do With It

This is where most people stop. They get that little spark of "yeah, I want that" and then they go make dinner and it's gone.

Guilty.

So here's what I'd actually do. Write it down right now, even if it's messy. Get it out of your head. Then ask yourself three things: What does the start look like? What's one thing I can do this week (not this month, this week) to move toward it? And who can I tell so I'm actually held to it?

Spencer didn't wake up and just decide to run 100 miles. He signed up. He told me. He built the plan. The commitment came first.

So, What Is It?

We genuinely want to know. Reply to our emails, DM us, drop it in the comments here. Tell us what your 100 miles is.

Spencer's start line is March 21st. What are you counting down to?

-MJ