❔ Executing a method every n seconds but only during certain conditions - C#

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❔ Executing a method every n seconds but only during certain conditions

What would be the best way to do this? The easiest way I can think of would be:

Task.Run(MainAsync);
...
public async Task MainAsync() 
{
  while (true)
  {
    if (SomeCondition) 
    {
      // do stuff
      SomeCondition = false;
    }

    await Task.Delay(1000);
  }
}

Task.Run(MainAsync);
...
public async Task MainAsync() 
{
  while (true)
  {
    if (SomeCondition) 
    {
      // do stuff
      SomeCondition = false;
    }

    await Task.Delay(1000);
  }
}

But this feels like it might be wasteful, especially if I end up having 100s of these tasks running. Is there a better way to do this?