Respect to Coach Jon. Impressive. Seems like a good guy. I have a friend who ended his streak last year, every day since 1979 and he was running 3 miles at a minimum. I could never be a streak runner, I run 6 days a week now. I would be obsessed with it, no thanks. I saw a video about Covert ending his streak. He said once he had surgery and he was shuffling in the hospital hallway, while attached to medical equipment, to get his run in. I'm okay with an off day.
I know someone who would occasionally go out for a run at 11:45pm and finish at 12:15am and would count that as a run for both days.
Legit streak or bogus?
If he wants to count it for both days, what's the problem? Is he getting some sort of formal recognition for his streak? If he is just doing it for his personal satisfaction, he can define it in any way he wants.
I know someone who would occasionally go out for a run at 11:45pm and finish at 12:15am and would count that as a run for both days.
Legit streak or bogus?
A legit streak is whatever the person doing it counts as a streak.. If this person counts it as a run on two days it's a run on two days. Others may disagree.
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I know someone who would occasionally go out for a run at 11:45pm and finish at 12:15am and would count that as a run for both days.
Legit streak or bogus?
I did that in the far north of Norway. My minimum run is two miles (as someone else stated) so as long as I did two miles before and two miles after midnight, it was legit.
Jon, and Mark Covert, had amazing streaks. Both of them were also very fast. Jon had to be sub 30 for 10 k in the 70s. When asked for his prs I believe that he said about the 800 "Why would I train 80 miles a week to get a massive headache in less than 2 minutes?" He's pretty tall, at least 6'4" and wore some of the smallest shorts ever. When Sub-4 started making uniforms they had XL, L, M, S, XS and "Sutherland!" I'm impressed by Jon
Jon, and Mark Covert, had amazing streaks. Both of them were also very fast. Jon had to be sub 30 for 10 k in the 70s. When asked for his prs I believe that he said about the 800 "Why would I train 80 miles a week to get a massive headache in less than 2 minutes?" He's pretty tall, at least 6'4" and wore some of the smallest shorts ever. When Sub-4 started making uniforms they had XL, L, M, S, XS and "Sutherland!" I'm impressed by Jon
He wasn't as fast as Mark but he wasn't too shabby. Here's his ARRS page;
If you keep a running streak alive because you simply enjoy running that much, who am I to judge what you do or don't enjoy? A lot of us really like running, and if you like doing it every day, that seems entirely reasonable.
But if you're significantly disappointed the streak itself has to come to an end for whatever reason, then you've just been holding yourself at gunpoint over something completely trivial. I'm really not going to feel sorry for you at that point.
Someone follow up with this guy a year from now. I wouldn't be surprised to hear him say ending the streak was one of the best decisions he's ever made.
Exactly, who needs this pressure, whether self created or because you don't want to stop it for publicity reasons.
If you're an average or slow runner who wants to go out and jog a few miles every day, its great. There comes a point when your body is telling you to knock it off and chill. Too many don't listen and pay the price.
I wonder how many of these people are in constant pain even after they end their streaks.
Know some guys coached by Jon. Sad to see streak come to an end but cool to hear more about him. Always admire streak runners, even when it becomes somewhat counterproductive. Gotta respect the mindset. Personally don't think I've made it a month without day off or day when I get home and just say "screw it" and put the feet up.
Mark Covert, a close friend of Sutherland, had the U.S. record before JohnI believe for a time Ron Hill had the world best before health intervened.
Ron thought he was having some heart troubles when he decided to end his streak. It was the longest in the world at the time and I think it left Mark and Jon 1-2 on the list. Not long after Ron's streak ended he told me that his heart actually was fine but he had a real problem with something on the bottom of his foot and was still having a real trouble running. He said "I miss it so much." It was kind of heartbreaking. Later he said he'd dragged out an old pair of Asics shoes that he'd worn some kind of depression into the insole right where the thing on his foot that hurt was and it actually got rid of the pain and he thought he might be able to run again. But he said he wasn't going to do too much. He'd also been doing some walking. Shortly after all this the dementia diagnosis came along and I think there was a lot of concern about letting him go outside alone.
In things like this, I realize we all set our own rules... but for me, one mile is not "going for a run." I would never tell my coach I did a workout of "a 1 mile run" and expect him to take that seriously.
For me, the rule is 30 minutes or 4 miles. If I put on shoes and shorts and go out the door, that is my minimum.
What is your "shortest run" you actually put in the training log?
In things like this, I realize we all set our own rules... but for me, one mile is not "going for a run." I would never tell my coach I did a workout of "a 1 mile run" and expect him to take that seriously.
For me, the rule is 30 minutes or 4 miles. If I put on shoes and shorts and go out the door, that is my minimum.
What is your "shortest run" you actually put in the training log?
I’m a streak runner coming up to 3.5 years and averaged 78 MPW over 2024, but there are rare occasions when I’ll just do a 1 mile run purely to keep my streak alive. This is usually if I’m severely hungover, but one mile keeps my streak alive. Other than this though, I pretty much never run less than 5k (Sundays are my ‘rest day’ so I’ll just run an easy 5-10k). I guess we all just have our own rules in regards to what counts