It’s the new year, a time when many of us resolve to adopt healthier habits. Unfortunately, few of those habits will make it past February. In the ten years since founding Charity Miles, I’ve become obsessed with habit design because I wanted to make an app that people would use…


Many companies come to us with an idea for a “steps challenge” to engage employees. Having worked with hundreds of companies, we’ve activated many “challenges”. But we’ve also learned that “challenges” are often not the best framework for employee engagement. Here’s why… Dr. BJ Fogg, head of the Behavior Design…




Today, we are thrilled and honored to announce the newest sponsor to join the Charity Miles family: TIAA Bank. TIAA Bank shares a deep commitment to improving the communities where we all live, work and play. They have donated nearly $9 million to over 100 charitable organizations over the past three…


Today, we are thrilled and honored to announce an exciting new partnership with Westin Hotels & Resorts, the go-to hospitality brand known to help runners rise refreshed and keep their routine while on the road. I travel a LOT! And staying healthy while traveling can be difficult. That’s why I…


As part of our exciting new partnership with Westin Hotels & Resorts, we’re excited to share helpful tips from Chris Heuisler, Westin’s Global Run Concierge. In this video, Chris shares with us his favorite stretch to open up our hips and activate our glutes– two things runners desperately need, especially…


Team, two weeks ago, I had the honor of walking with Diana Nyad and her partner Bonnie Stoll in Los Angeles. Many of you know Diana Nyad as the incredible long-distance swimmer who became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida– at the age of 64! To say…


Team, yesterday, I a took a walk on the NYC Highline with my friend and CEO of Lifeway Foods, Julie Smolyansky. I met Julie five years ago at SXSW. She was (and still is) a major supporter of our friends at Every Mother Counts. And, as she was training with…


Team, less than two weeks ago, I a took a walk around the Central Park Reservoir with my friend, Bret Parker– just days before he embarked on a journey to run 7 marathons, on all 7 continents in just 7 days! Oh, and as if that weren’t challenging enough, Bret has Parkinson’s… …


Once a Runner is one of our favorite books of all time. No joke. If you read one book this year, this should be it. Get it here on Amazon. One of our favorite quotes from the book (or any book): “…Or we can blaze! Become legends in our own time,…