If you hadn't missed a day of running in 40 years would you just skip running one day and be cool with it

Running streaks are dumb and meaningless

running streaks make no sense, I know ron hill had his thing going and he was super accomplished but there's no training benefit.

the streak exists for the streak.

honestly, i often feel guilty and foolish for spending the amount of time and energy and effort that I have put into running through the years ( and still do,) streaking would just compound that by 100.

SummerSlogger wrote:

running streaks make no sense, I know ron hill had his thing going and he was super accomplished but there's no training benefit.

the streak exists for the streak.

honestly, i often feel guilty and foolish for spending the amount of time and energy and effort that I have put into running through the years ( and still do,) streaking would just compound that by 100.

Yes Mr Hill did. But the question is if you hadn't missed a day in like 40 years would you just skip a day with no problem? Not is it stupid or not! Would you just at 60 years old for example, say" today l am not going to run" when you ran every single day since you were 20?

Senseless to some and meaningless to others, but for me is it gets me out the door.

On August 19th, God willing, it will be 29 years of three miles a day or more. Closing in on 50 years running, training and racing total. 45 mpw plus for the 5 1/2 last years. I don't think it has hurt my racing performance. There were a couple of 3-4 mile days after marathons or the ultra I ran and won, that probably didn't help any, but certainly didn't hurt.

To answer the question, "would" I decide to stop? Or could I?

The answer is yes to both. Knowing of course that every single run and every day on Earth could be my last.

Not Done Just Yet wrote:

Senseless to some and meaningless to others, but for me is it gets me out the door.

Have you ever tried staying inside for a whole day? I have, many times. It's really not that bad. It's a good way to challenge your preconceptions about how you must have that running fix.

running streak wrote:

If you hadn't missed a day of running in 40 years would you just one day decide to just not run today? Would you just wake up one day and say," no l am not going to run today " or " I just don't have time today "? Keep in mind all you have to run is like a mile to keep the streak going. Even if you couldn't leave your house or something you could still find away to run around your house or in your house for 7 or 8 minutes or so, just to say you actually ran that day. If you hadn't missed a day in almost 40 years and you got sick or something, would you hobble around for a mile just to keep the streak alive?

You sound like this ultra conceited douchebag from the Milwaukee area named John Chandler.

Let me tell you something...nobody cares about your stupid streak and no one cares about you, John. You give all of Wisconsin a bad name.

Why dont you go scream some more at other coaches about girls sectional results again you malignant f***. Stop looking for praise.

Not Done Just Yet wrote:

Senseless to some and meaningless to others, but for me is it gets me out the door.

On August 19th, God willing, it will be 29 years of three miles a day or more. Closing in on 50 years running, training and racing total. 45 mpw plus for the 5 1/2 last years. I don't think it has hurt my racing performance. There were a couple of 3-4 mile days after marathons or the ultra I ran and won, that probably didn't help any, but certainly didn't hurt.

To answer the question, "would" I decide to stop? Or could I?

The answer is yes to both. Knowing of course that every single run and every day on Earth could be my last.

Nice job, especially the three per day.

I'm in my 45th year or running, closing in on 16 year "streak". I could stop either the streak or running at all anytime I wanted, and would not feel bad about it.

But I agree with you...why stop either? Sort of like Lou Gehrig, sometimes I consider myself the "luckiest man on the face of the earth" to be running this long at all. My last run will come sooner now than later, so why not go out and do what I like while I still can?

I don't know for sure, but I think that most runners that have long streaks going, don't go out every day and do it for "the streak". I think they go out every day just because they like it.

Why the hate on John?