The free run you get is saved and continues to the next day, as long as the stage hasn't changed.
The stages are interesting. It reminded me of a situation from Hearthstone, when the Arena was free for some time (= unlimited), and then it was changed to a standard format (= rotation). But even a year later (!), you could easily encounter players with Goblin and Gnome cards in the Arena, which were rotated out before the Arena's transformation. Because if you built a deck and didn't play, it would still have the old cards.
To sell my soul