--- description: The Facebook founder has added a physical goal to his New Year's resolutions — run 365 miles in 2016 — and wants Facebook users to join him title: Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Run 365 Miles in 2016 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt254fcee49d7c5475/6988777f524fc0eea6df6241/ap_794116323555.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mark Zuckerberg Wants You to Join Him in Running 365 Miles This Year by [Mark Rivett-Carnac](/author/mark-rivett-carnac/) ## Mark Rivett-Carnac Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 5, 2016 5:51 AM CUT  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a "fireside chat" at a conference organized by technology blog TechCrunch in San Francisco, Sept. 11, 2012 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a "fireside chat" at a conference organized by technology blog TechCrunch in San Francisco, Sept. 11, 2012Eric Risberg—AP by [Mark Rivett-Carnac](/author/mark-rivett-carnac/) ## Mark Rivett-Carnac Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 5, 2016 5:51 AM CUT Building an artificially intelligent butler must not have posed enough of a [challenge](http://time.com/4165796/mark-zuckerberg-artificial-intelligence-assistant/ "undefined") for Mark Zuckerberg, because the Facebook founder has added a physical goal to his New Year’s resolutions — run 365 miles in the 2016. It will be “a year of running,” the 31-year-old wrote in a Facebook [post](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10102579344275191&set=a.529237706231.2034669.4&type=3&theater "undefined") announcing his plan on Monday. Zuckerberg has even set up a [public group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/954704787945183/ "undefined") where anyone can participate in the challenge. “I’d love for as many people in this community to join me as possible,” he wrote. Earlier that day, Zuckerberg took to Facebook to share his plans for programming an [artificially intelligent system](https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10102577175875681?pnref=story "undefined") to monitor his house and help with his work. Both goals are part of Zuckerberg’s annual tradition of setting New Year’s challenges. 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