Halfway Through 2025: My Honest Reflection on Running Goals and The Relentless Mission to £1M for Children’s Causes

Is 2025 the year you finally smash your running goals, or has it been a battle against injuries, setbacks… and your expectations? If you’re a runner who’s feeling the mid-year slump or questioning your progress, stop scrolling now let’s get real together.

The Brutally Honest Mid-Year Check-In

I'm Kevin Brittain, and as I hit the halfway mark of this year, I’ve been forced to look my running goals dead in the eye and ask: “How am I really doing?” As both a daily barefoot run-vlogger and someone on a wild quest to run 40,075 km (that’s a full lap around the world yes, really) and raise £1,000,000 for children’s causes, you’d expect my answer to involve epic triumph. Well… it’s complicated.

Why Self-Reflection Isn’t Optional

Every runner knows the importance of setting targets now, I’m urging you to actually pause, reflect, and reassess. At this halfway point, I’m not just ticking off numbers; I’m confronting the reality of disappointments, the grit of overcoming pain, and the small, overlooked victories.

Let’s get honest. My 2025 so far hasn’t been the year of PBs it’s been a year of learning.

The Wins You Don’t See on Instagram

Remember Loch Ness Marathon? My feet didn’t. The blistering issues should have broken my spirit, but instead, I engineered a solution using silicon sheets, after a ton of trial and error. Now, my feet have survived Manchester, Edinburgh, and a brutal local 50k ultra. Blister wars: won.

Injury? Tick. I tore my hamstring skiing in February. Not ideal for a daily streak runner, but I adjusted, took it slow, and ran through it. Not clever, but necessary for the challenge.

Marathon Performances: Expectations vs. Reality

Here’s the hard truth: I missed my sub-3:15 marathon target by a country mile. Manchester and Edinburgh served up a cocktail of heatwaves, headwinds, rain, hail, and just about everything you could imagine. Edinburgh? An honest 3:38. Target? Sub-3:15. Trust me, I felt that gap.

But if you’re beating yourself up about your times, hear this: external circumstances matter your health matters and so does kindness to yourself.

What’s Next? The Autumn Marathon Dilemma

So, what does a streak runner chasing a world-sized mission do next?

• Chester Marathon is on my radar: Part of it even runs into Wales, ticking new territory off my “every country in the British Isles” challenge.

• Should I pace a best friend to his sub-4:00 marathon dream, or focus all-out on my sub-3:30 comeback? I genuinely can’t decide, but why not make someone else’s milestone the highlight of my year?

The Mission: More Than Miles and Medals

All this isn’t just about marathons and PBs. My daily barefoot runs over 1,890 so far aren’t for likes or bragging rights. I’m charging forward to Day 4,292, 40,075 km, and that magic £1,000,000 for children’s charities. Every view, share, and donation inches us closer to lives saved.

The Real Challenge: Mindset Reset

Here’s my challenge to you:

• Every quarter, actually write down what you’ve achieved, not just what you’ve missed.

• Reframe “disappointment” as “data” you’ve got more time and resilience than you think.

Mid-year, mid-mission, mid-disappointment? That’s the perfect time to pivot, plot, and push on.

Will you help turn setbacks into stories of hope for yourself and for the children whose lives we’re trying to change?

If you believe in this mission run with me.

• Like, share, and subscribe to the Runpreneur YouTube channel.

• Donate if you can.

• Drop me a comment how are your own 2025 goals shaping up?

Together, let’s make the second half of 2025 not just a comeback, but a milestone that counts.

Stay positive. Stay happy. Remember this isn’t just running. It’s a mission measured in lives changed.

See you on the road,
Kevin Brittain