Starting something is hard. Following your dreams is terrifying. But you should do it anyway. Get going on your journey to fitness and the body you’ve always...
Starting something is hard. Following your dreams is terrifying. But you should do it anyway.
Get going on your journey to fitness and the body you’ve always wanted. Start building the business you’ve dreamed of. Decide what you want to do, face up to the many unknown challenges you know are coming and take that risk.
It’s going to be hard. You’ll wonder why you started. You’ll feel anguish. You’ll dream of giving up.
But you won’t.
Because chasing your dreams and throwing yourself into something is what living is all about.
Few people know this as well as Dream Runner’s founder, Delano Ruan. He didn’t start off with much. In fact, his own description of his youth is that it was characterised by poverty. He vividly remembers having to fetch water for the bath in a wheelbarrow from the local well in Anguilla.
It’s from that humble starting point that Delano watched his grandmother give up everything to move to the UK so her descendants could have a chance at a better future. Delano did not miss the lesson. After arriving in England, Delano began to work. From cleaning schools while studying to working as a traveling barber, to holding down multiple jobs, Delano worked.
He worked for his family, and he worked because he had a dream.
Part of that dream was realised when he opened his own barber shop (which has gone on to win awards) and part of that dream is Dream Runner, a growing fitness brand that provides
athleisure and active wear (for now – there’s more to come!) for the person who wants to chase their dreams.
Delano’s ambitions for Dream Runner, however, run deeper than simply providing high quality active wear. Dream Runner is about inspiring people to reach for their goals, especially the ones that seem out of reach! It’s about supporting and encouraging you to never give up, never surrender and to always push for your dream or the next goal.
In short, Dream Runner is about inspiration, determination and tenacity.
And that’s what this blog is going to be about. We want it to be a place where we can share our vision, inspire you and give you practical help on your journey to pursue your goals. Whether it’s sharing our story, or the stories of our patrons, to news about community events, motivational pieces, or guides on things as simple as getting started in the gym, this is the place for it (and so much more.
Basically, we want this to be a hub for the Dream Runner community. So believe us when we say that our ambition is for this to be a light of positivity on the internet, where we can encourage our small part of the human race to be better and take the next positive step.
With all of that said, we’d like to leave you with one final idea for this first blog post of ours:
The time has come to stop letting life happen to you and to be a force that acts on life instead.
It’s time to start something.
