{"id":491,"date":"2026-02-16T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=491"},"modified":"2026-02-18T20:55:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:55:24","slug":"streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=491","title":{"rendered":"Streak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
I have the best of intentions
and a penchant for Beginnings.
When it comes to sustainment
it takes a persistent partner.

Luckily, an organic collision
with an old friend at a play
leads to a promise of 
We should do a run soon<\/em>, no really!

We've been here before
but this time I meant it.
Sunday night out goes my invite
semi-shocked, she accepts.

Early Monday I steal from bed
clutch my kit and socks
stumble down blearily
to the workout room.

Find my trainers
suspiciously pristine
purchased in a previous
rush of pledged fidelity.

Lace up, leaning down
does this count as a stretch?<\/em>
What did I get us into-- 
Will we survive this?

Soon the music is blasting
the instructor smiles as they
call out 8 percent incline<\/em>
and six plus on speed, c'mon!<\/em>

I am sweating and straining
she's texting me throughout
we are laughing in agony
\"OMG!\" \"I'm dead\" \"Ha-Hah!\"

Soon the class ends
the cool-down begins.
We have survived!
Our adrenaline blooms.

Let's do it again! <\/em>
we breathlessly text.
This time tomorrow!<\/em>
Streak Day one, check.





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\u201cStreak,\u201d a nod to good intentions–and the hope of sustained follow-through. Written February 16, poem 047 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: Trainers on Tread, Photo by Diana Ludwick (c) 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[136,38,138,57,141,140,45,16,137,139,135],"class_list":["post-491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-poetry-challenge","category-poems","tag-accountability-partner","tag-community","tag-exercise","tag-february","tag-habits","tag-intentions","tag-peloton","tag-progress","tag-run","tag-streaks","tag-workout"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=491"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":512,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions\/512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}