Can you imagine running the same route and distance every single day for 50 years? Robert Kraft can as he's allegedly now done it for 50 straight years.
Starting on Jan. 1, 1975, Robert 'Raven' Kraft started his daily tradition of running eight miles along the sands of South Beach. As the New Year approaches, Kr
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Maybe someone can explain exactly what the situation is with his condo because it doesn't make sense to me. Aren't management companies normally hired by the owners of a condo and fees determined by the condo board (which is made up of owners)?
I simply do not believe this. He's never traveled? Never been injured? Nevery had to attend a family event? There is simply no way this guy has run the same route every day for fifty years.
Maybe someone can explain exactly what the situation is with his condo because it doesn't make sense to me. Aren't management companies normally hired by the owners of a condo and fees determined by the condo board (which is made up of owners)?
Yes many people are clueless about their HOA and think the responsibility for managing it all belongs to someone else. Florida has unique problems after the condo collapse in 2021 explained here:
I find it weirder that he has never traveled to another town in 50 years. How do you make it from the dawn of Disco and the Ford administration to today without ever going somewhere for more than 24 hours?
I don't mind the 50 years of running, but the lack of movement outside his one city is wild!
It is a cool story though!
Starting on Jan. 1, 1975, Robert "Raven" Kraft started his daily tradition of running eight miles along the sands of South Beach. As the New Year approaches, Kraft is coming up on his 50th consecutive year; marking an impressive 18,263 runs for a total of 145,526 miles.
I find it weirder that he has never traveled to another town in 50 years. How do you make it from the dawn of Disco and the Ford administration to today without ever going somewhere for more than 24 hours?
absolute b0ll0cks, even 5 years wouldnt be remotely believeable. cant believe this guy is getting publicity without anyone attempting to obtain any proof of his claims, has he never been ill/injured/done a race/thought he'd try another route/have anything better to do with his life? great story which has never happened
I’ve from Miami and have run with Robert several times over the years. This guy is for real and he is extremely nice. The craziest thing is how much pain he’s had to shuffle through in order to keep the streak alive.
Maybe someone can explain exactly what the situation is with his condo because it doesn't make sense to me. Aren't management companies normally hired by the owners of a condo and fees determined by the condo board (which is made up of owners)?
These would be special assessments. GoFundMe makes zero sense though. You would 100% know what the special assessment fee was going towards. If you didn’t, you could hire a lawyer for a few hundred dollars to write a letter telling the HOA to kick rocks. They would have to be able to show what the funds were going towards to enforce this. Seems sketchy. I surely wouldn’t donate without further clarification
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Rojo, you totally buried the lede on this one. You wish that you had an old man bod like in the photos so that you too could run shirtless. But, yeah, as other posters have commented, I think there is close to a zero percent chance he ran every single one of those days over 50 years. Plus, since this is letsrun, steroids for breakfast and epo for lunch...
I’ve from Miami and have run with Robert several times over the years. This guy is for real and he is extremely nice. The craziest thing is how much pain he’s had to shuffle through in order to keep the streak alive.
Chjjj aka Raven aka Robet Kraft, sorry, but not sorry, I am not donating to your 50k grift. I wonder how big of a cut you had to give rojo to post your GoFundMe link...
8 miles a day is believable. Anyone can do that if they are anal enough about it and willing to shuffle through injuries. He hasn't done the same route every day though. The article says he does his beach loop almost every day - which gives wiggle room for travel
Not only does he run the same route everyday but he starts at the exact same time and same life guard stand, so for at least the last 30 years he has been a local legend with regulars, tourist and kids showing up to join or take a photo. He is rarely alone on his runs anymore, if ever. (Think Forrest Gump). He first came to my attention in 1992 when the Miami Herald reported a man running on the beach to keep a streak alive during Hurricane Andrew, the last major hurricane to hit Miami. Since then every time a minor hurricane blows through there are reports that he did in fact complete his run. So if he missed a day it would be noticed and reported. I have seen him many times over the years and I can say his runs are now more like a shuffle but still very impressive. The sand on Miami Beach requires a lot more effort than running on asphalt. I remember years ago he made a big announcement that he was going to retire after his 10,000 consecutive days but he was out there on day 10,001.
I find it weirder that he has never traveled to another town in 50 years. How do you make it from the dawn of Disco and the Ford administration to today without ever going somewhere for more than 24 hours?
I don't mind the 50 years of running, but the lack of movement outside his one city is wild!
It is a cool story though!
Starting on Jan. 1, 1975, Robert "Raven" Kraft started his daily tradition of running eight miles along the sands of South Beach. As the New Year approaches, Kraft is coming up on his 50th consecutive year; marking an impressive 18,263 runs for a total of 145,526 miles.
For like 50 years, I think my grandma barely left her small town. Occasionally, she'd go to the 'big cities' with like 10k-50K people in them, but those were just over an hour away maximum. It wasn't until my grandpa died that I think she actually went on an overnight visit.
I'm guessing if the guy doesn't have kids and he lives right on the beach, there really isn't much reason to go anywhere.
