British teenager Marcus Skeet is taking social media by storm for running a mile each day in support of mental health awareness.
“It’s always been a mission of mine to spread as much awareness for mental health as possible and try [to] help others out,” he said.
Over the last month, Skeet has gone viral across Twitter/X thanks to posting his daily runs on the social media platform, racking up millions of views and tens of thousands of likes per post.
At the end of April,Skeet linked upwith English endurance athlete ‘The Hardest Geezer’ Russ Cook, a man famous for running across theentire length of Africato raise £1,000,000 ($1,252,400) for nonprofit orgs The Running Charity and Sandblast.
Day 30 and the last day Completed of a mile run every day this month for mental health. Thank you so much@hardestgeezerfor the amazing day, run and meal! The best day of my life, truly what a legendThere are still good people in this world. You are not alone. You are loved ❤️pic.twitter.com/wfYgQ5adpB
However, Skeet isn’t done with his daily running — not by a long shot. On May 1, the ladmade another poston X, saying he’s now going to run five kilometers (a little over three miles) every day in honor of Mental Health Awareness month.
“It’s going to be a tough month physically, but the mental health battle is tougher and NEEDS to be spoken about more!” he wrote. “Remember you are loved and you’re amazing.”
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Skeet tracks his runs using the Goals-Fitness app, which shows off how many calories he’s burned, how many steps he’s taken during his run, and even tracks his route on Maps.
That’s not all; Skeet also hasplans to run a marathonin October alongside Cook in Yorkshire, using his daily goals as training for the fall race.
Skeet’s progress has been capturing the attention of the internet, garnering positive responses from users online who are watching his journey every day as he undertakes his new challenge for another 31 days.
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