After my last post about starting a running streak I did some searching and reading about the topic. Turns out most of us are puny little wimps! The numbers are staggering!
Most true streaking legends are in their 40th to 45th year of streaking! 15000 to 16000 days of streaking is not uncommon. I honestly did not know this...wow!
Look at these numbers!
1. Jon Sutherland 16377 days (44.84 years)
2. Jim Pearson 16111 days (44.11 years)
3. Stephen W. DeBoer 15635 days (42.81 years)
4. Jon A. Simpson 15551 days (42.58 years)
5. Alex T. Galbraith 15437 days (42.26 years)
6. David L. Hamilton 15201 days (41.62 years)
7. Steven Gathje 15159 days (41.50 years)
8. Robert R. Kraft 14331 days (39.24 years)
9. James Behr 14254 days (39.03 years)
10. Stephen D. Reed 13799 days (37.78 years)
This is quite amazing! For now I'll just try to get through 30 days of running for April...
Happy running!
10 comments:
Wow! That is remarkable. 30 of April is going to be a chore for me.
Wow - who knew? That is mind boggling!
I think my longest streak is two or three weeks. :)
Don't they ever get sick? Or tired? It's amazing to be able to say you've run every day for over 40 years.
That's insane!!!
My small streak is just over 500 days and I can tell you, after the first 100 days or so, it's hard to find excuses to skip a run. "I'm too tired to run" becomes "I'm tired so I'll just run my mile and call it good". It only takes 10 minutes.
To the person who asked "don't they ever get sick?" I can honestly say "not in a long time". Perhaps it's the running every day?
Good luck in April! -Liz
This morning was run 840, if I made 1000 I think I will pop open a bottle of bubbly...
At some point it crosses into compulsion and not health. Some of the longer streakers have gotten their daily run in even when sick or injured. Truly crazy
I tried a streak in December and managed about 22 days. I have to admit, for me it took all the pleasure out of running, and left me feeling tired and unfit, only doing short plods every day and no fast or long runs.
But I know a lot of runners love it, so good luck!
Streaking is sadly not for me. I rally need those rest days for my knee
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