ESPN Running Article

Nice find. And I guess I was wrong to assume that all streak runners are morning runners --- this guy runs at 4 pm. Who knew?

Sorry, but the fellow sounds a bit off his rocker.

i bet that man has been on his fare share of drugs in the 70's. i sold pot to people like him in the late 70's

SWEET my coach is still #2 all time...go sutherland kick ass man

Nice article. Streaks have lives of their own and more than one is prolonged in an unusual fashion.

I know one guy who ended his streak at 30 years this past Jan 1 (he had been nursing too many nagging aches for too long) and I work w/another who recently was on the wrong end of a bike/car accident. He says he's been able to run on a broken bone in his leg. He has to live w/himself...I have no inclination to see if he's actually running. Streaks are intensely personal matters.

People think streaker will/would be devasted if their streaks end. I think they'd be sad a day or three but the sun don't wait to come up each day and soon enough streakers move on.

If you run only for one continuous mile then it should not count for the streak.

I say 5km, or 3 miles, minimum.

Ron Hill is about to hit 150,000 miles over 40 years of daily running:

http://www.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/display.var.1901986.0..php

I put streakers in the same class as ultra runners. It's certainly another approach or another way to "compete" or challenge yourself in the sport, but it's not really relevant to "real" running.

Normally I would agree that streak runners should be in the same class as ultra runners with the exception of the top 3 on the list. Ron Hill, enuff said. Mark Covert, NCAA XC All American and college division champion and Oly trials marathon qualifier. This guy was winning EVERYTHING out west during the 70's while in his prime. Jon Sutherland, sub 30 10K runner and one of the top regional road racers back in the late 70's early 80's out west. The fact that they now just enjoy running and are motivated by maintaining a streak shouldn't lump them into the ultra-hack category. All 3 were excellent runners back in their prime. Both Sutherland and Covert are excellent coaches who believe in hard work, consistancy, smart training and dedication and care about their athletes.

It has limited my life," Kraft admits. "I'm a prisoner of routine, but I've become comfortable with it."

Isn't that a quote from once a runner?

Streaks are generally not that big a deal if the minimum for maintaining it is something like 1 to 3 miles. But once you have one of decent length going breaking it is a big deal precisely because maintaining it isn't a big deal.

So you're asking yourself, "Do I want to break a fifteen streak today when fifteen minutes will preserve it?" After you've preserved the streak a few times with those fifteen minute runs you know that it's possible.