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100 Days

series · in 13 videos (2016–2026)

John's YouTube health show with his best friend Chris, announced in 2016 and begun on January 1, 2017: 100 days of exercise and eating well, ending with a 10K race for Exodus. Afterwards John ran his first half marathon, and by 2020 he was still training with their trainer Laura and exercising over 150 minutes a week.

Videos by year: 2016: 2 · 2017: 6 · 2020: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2026: 1

Threads

Also named in the threads: John trains for a half marathon (2017) · Turtles All the Way Down: announcement and publication of John's novel (2017)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Alice Green (2) · Henry Green (2) · YouTube (3)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2016

  • 2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) — announcement: John: For a couple of years John has wanted to make 100 Days, a YouTube health show in which two ordinary people spend 100 days eating well, exercising and doing what trials show improves health. — 00:00:28
    • From January 1 viewers can watch John and his best friend Chris attempt the healthiest midlife crisis, with videos, routines, recipes, live shows and text posts, all on YouTube. — 00:03:04
    • John invites viewers to subscribe at youtube.com/100days to see him attempt aerial acrobatics and eventually touch at least his mid-shins. — 00:03:31
    • John will answer questions about 100 Days in a live show later today (13 September 2016) and looks forward to viewers' ideas for making it awesome. — 00:03:42
  • 2016-11-22 · On Not Seeing Hamilton — announcement: John says he and his best friend Chris have just started filming their new health and fitness show 100 Days, starting January 1 at youtube.com/100days; they exercise six days a week. — 00:02:26
  • …and 1 statement more in 2016 — all statements of 2016

2017

  • 2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — announcement: John announces 100 Days has begun: he and his best friend Chris are trying a healthy midlife crisis, learning about health and fitness over 100 days. — 00:00:17
    • Partner abs remind John his stomach was made for resting a laptop on, but he says his life is changing dramatically during the 100 days. (playful) — 00:00:35
    • John invites viewers to follow along with 100 Days at youtube.com/100days if they are so inclined. — 00:00:43
  • 2017-01-24 · On Motivation — John says that on 100 Days he is on a health and fitness journey with his best friend Chris, and jokes that he is becoming a self-help book. — 00:00:02
    • John ran nine miles yesterday and around mile four caught himself thinking 'you don't have to get ready if you stay ready': he has become a fan of motivational quotes. — 00:01:33
    • Instead of abandoning his real work for 100 days as he expected, John is enjoying writing more than in years, has more time for it, and writes pretty much every day. — 00:02:50
  • 2017-02-07 (said on 2017-02-02, implied) · Good News, YA Books, and Bears: It's Question Tuesday — John's favorite part of 100 Days is how bad he and Chris are at high fives: best friends for a decade, they have never completed one. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:11
  • 2017-03-07 · Hoping for an Airport Reunion: One Refugee Family's Story — announcement: John: In a P.S., John says he and his best friend Chris are on a health and fitness journey on 100 Days and will run a 10K race on day 100, with all proceeds to Exodus. — 00:04:39
    • John invites viewers to sponsor the 10K run, with all proceeds going to Exodus, via the link below (the description links a GoFundMe). — 00:04:46
  • 2017-04-18 · Framing — recommendation: John points viewers to a video on the 100 Days channel where he talks about his OCD in much more detail, linked below. — 00:02:22
  • 2017-05-23 (said on 2017-05-14, implied) · Boxes, Butterflies, and Regular Aunts: Live from the Past, It's Question Tuesday — John: Asked about life after 100 Days, John says it is good: he finished his first half marathon in two hours and seven minutes. — 00:01:48

2020

  • 2020-01-07 · Endings · Beginnings — John wants to continue exercising at least 150 minutes a week, making Dear Hank and John every Monday and a Vlogbrothers video every Tuesday. — 00:03:09
  • 2020-02-11 · 1,100 Days: A Mental and Physical Health Update — John: In 2017, after exercising five or six days a week for 100 days, John could run seven or eight miles, slept better, his mental illness had improved dramatically, and he wrote much of Turtles All the Way Down. — 00:00:00
    • Almost exactly three years ago (2017) John finished a 100-day fitness challenge with his best friend Chris, documented on YouTube; now he shares the good and bad of over 1,000 days of exercise. — 00:00:00
    • John still trains twice a week with Laura, their 100 Days trainer, and bikes or runs most weekends, almost always exceeding the 150 weekly minutes his doctor recommends. — 00:00:29
    • Three years later John is mostly in better shape: he has cut 30 seconds off his mile pace, is stronger, and has good blood pressure. — 00:00:29
    • John doesn't love exercise: even after 1,100 days he doesn't know what a runner's high is or eagerly anticipate training. — 00:02:55
  • 2020-12-29 · Looking Back at My 2020 Goals — John's small goals, exercising at least 150 minutes a week and making Dear Hank and John every Monday and a Vlogbrothers video every Tuesday, were not easy, but he did them. — 00:02:19

2023

  • 2023-01-03 · TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH — John's past goals included exercising 150 minutes a week and finishing The Anthropocene Reviewed book, and he has a pretty good track record of meeting them. — 00:00:58

2026

  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says he loved 100 Days: one of their least successful projects, but he feels it made a difference in people's lives. — 03:05:19
    • Asked about a second 100 Days, John says he doesn't know: at 48 he can't move as he did at 39, when he made 100 Days, but he could maybe do it with Henry. (unsure) — 03:05:49