3. Run for five minutes everyday

For a challenge that’ll keep you busy for an extended period, try running for a set amount of time every day. If running every day is new to you, sticking to a short amount of time – like five or ten minutes – is a good way to manage your load and prevent injury. If you’re not entirely sick of tracking distance, you could even see how far you get every day and monitor your progress.

4. Play the ‘run until’ game

A kind of running treasure hunt, the ‘run until’ game went viral on social media several years ago. It simply involves setting yourself a list of items you need to spot and then running until you’ve ticked off all the items on your list. You can make up your own list or ask someone else to put one together – it depends on how tricky you want to make it. Strong Women’s Lauren Geall previously gave the game a go, so check out her verdict for more information.

5. Complete the Parkrun challenge

There is a long list of Parkrun challenges out there but a (relatively) simple one you can try over the course of the year is the one that requires you to tick off a Parkrun whose name starts with every letter of the word ‘Parkrun’. That means you’d need to find a course whose name starts with the letter P, A, R, K and so on. There’s an unofficial app called ‘5k’ which can be useful to keep track of all the courses you’ve been to.

7 non-distance-related running challenges to try this year