Nov 27, 2020
For Daryl Murphy, running is a vehicle for justice. Having been a
runner throughout his teens, Daryl ran for several years at Ohio
State University until the structure of the college sports system
disenchanted him from running.
Then, years later at the start of 2020, Daryl's coworker asked him
to do a 5K with him. This was a catalyst for him to get back into
running. Soon enough, Daryl ran a virtual half marathon until
another friend gave him an idea for another challenge– 30
consecutive days of 5K’s. Initially he didn’t think he’d get to 30
days, but after his first consecutive seven days of 5K’s, they just
became part of his daily routine.
But after 30 days, he couldn’t stop. Daryl was just a few days shy
of completing 50 consecutive days when George Floyd was killed, so
the emotions and injustice around Floyd’s death fueled Daryl's
drive to push past 50 days. Soon friends begin getting inspired by
Daryl's runs, so he decided to take what he was already doing,
running, and use it as a vehicle to spotlight racial injustices and
raise money for Black Lives Matter.
His runs took the name, Miles for Justice when Daryl decided to
create a Pledge It campaign. Supporters could pledge a dollar for
every mile he’d run in one month. The first campaign benefited
Black Lives Matter, and the second for justice for Breonna Taylor.
So far he’s raised over $10,000 dollars and is planning a third
campaign. Daryl hasn't stopped running. He shows us we can
transform small actions we already do every day, into impacts
bigger than ourselves.
3 Lessons
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You can take something simple you already do every day and turn it
into something that benefits others
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It’s ok to not know how to do something, such as raising money for
a cause like Daryl did. But the important thing is to take a
chance. There are so many resources around to help you, you just
have to look around.
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When days get hard, remember why you started in the first place.
For Daryl, on days he didn’t want to run, he remembered he was
doing it for Breonna Taylor.
Highlights
“Anyone can add something like this into their daily
life.
I was already going on these runs, but now I’m going on these
runs in the name of justice.”
“I’m
going to keep doing this every single day just to let you know we
have a voice. Change is happening and will continue to happen. As
slow as it may come, we will continue to be here every single
day.”
Resources:
Shoutout to Aaron
and Joshua Potts
for connecting us with Daryl. You can also listen to the episode we
did with them on growing diversity in running here.
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