People who run 1 mile a day to keep a daily run "streak" - how lame is this?

Crutches is not running. Hill was an awesome runner and a moranic streaker.

He should know what constitutes running if anyone would.

Gravy wrote:

Ray Stevens wrote:

Streaking 1970s style in 0 degree F tempurature for at least a mile is quite impressive indeed.

Just did this with three other women (their idea). Needless to say, I have been feeling like a king lately.

Why would a woman feel like a King?

4 women wrote:

Gravy wrote:

Just did this with three other women (their idea). Needless to say, I have been feeling like a king lately.

Why would a woman feel like a King?

Only a little boy would ask such a foolish question. ???????

Gravy wrote:

Ray Stevens wrote:

Streaking 1970s style in 0 degree F tempurature for at least a mile is quite impressive indeed.

Just did this with three other women (their idea). Needless to say, I have been feeling like a king lately.

pics?

First get old, or seriously hurt, then decide how "lame" it is.

Getting out & moving is always good.

Hon Rill wrote:

From the Wikipedia article on Ron Hill...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Hill#Streak

Excerpt:

"Hill did not miss a day of running between 20 December 1964 and 30 January 2017 – a total of 52 years and 39 days. Hill defined a "run" as completing a distance of at least one mile at any pace. His streak included workouts after a car crash in 1993 when Hill broke his sternum, and after bunion surgery, after which he used a crutch to cover one mile (1.6 km) in 27 minutes the next day."

The "king of the running streak" says a mile is enough...

....but shuffling after a surgery? Heh heh...

Crutching is not running..

Ultra6969 wrote:

Hon Rill wrote:

From the Wikipedia article on Ron Hill...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Hill#Streak

Excerpt:

"Hill did not miss a day of running between 20 December 1964 and 30 January 2017 – a total of 52 years and 39 days. Hill defined a "run" as completing a distance of at least one mile at any pace. His streak included workouts after a car crash in 1993 when Hill broke his sternum, and after bunion surgery, after which he used a crutch to cover one mile (1.6 km) in 27 minutes the next day."

The "king of the running streak" says a mile is enough...

....but shuffling after a surgery? Heh heh...

Crutching is not running..

Showering every other day is not cool.

My minimum is 2 miles.

Some of you wouldn't believe how hard even 2 miles can be especially after running 65 miles the day before and being on the wrong side of 50!!

A couple years ago when I ran 37 races and ran everyday, my most important runs were those easy 2 mile recovery jogs.

Gravy wrote:

4 women wrote:

Why would a woman feel like a King?

Only a little boy would ask such a foolish question. ???????

Well not only. I am 49.

Ultra6969 wrote:

Crutching is not running..

I think that's the the point Hon Rill implied.

I love to run, obviously, that's why I am on the site..but running streaks are exaggerated with our social media lives now too. Yes, people had running streaks long before social media but now it's taken on a new life. If you really care about maximizing potential, rest and recovery days are a necessity. I am all for dedication and being a bit crazy with it, but running streaks are just for the sake of bragging rights, not for me.

GBohannon wrote:

Ultra6969 wrote:

Crutching is not running..

Showering every other day is not cool.

Hill wrote a two volume autobiography called "The Long Hard Road"--it's a struggle to get through, but really worth it if you're interested in understanding how pampered we are all nowadays. In any case, Hill used to take a bath (no shower) twice a week...running to and from work (he's a PhD chemist) every day, plus extra workouts, and a long run on Sunday.

incredible stuff wrote:

I think it's incredible.

Every damn day? Even the day when your wife was in hospital and your kids needed to be picked up and minded and your boss was on your ass about a deadline and your dog got run over? Daaaaaaamn, that's dedication!

I would call that a personal problem that running a single mile just to keep a streak alive is more important than family. These people are out there too. I know one guy who had to get his mile in before midnight while his daughter was having emergency surgery just to keep a streak alive? Karma got him though, he spent nearly the next year injured and lost 99% of his fitness. Long live the selfless streakers...

Minimum 3 mile run before needing a shower..... wrote:

My minimum is 2 miles.

Some of you wouldn't believe how hard even 2 miles can be especially after running 65 miles the day before and being on the wrong side of 50!!

A couple years ago when I ran 37 races and ran everyday, my most important runs were those easy 2 mile recovery jogs.

The thing is, this is an individual pursuit and it only matters to the participant. Nobody can judge here, if one mile is sufficient for one person and ten miles for another, it is all good. The bottom line is that nobody really cares but the person involved, it is their own little private competition that keeps them going.

Nobody told me there'd be day's like this. Strange day's indeed.

How is running a single mile affecting his family? How did running that mile affect his daughter? It took what, 6, 8, 10 minutes? He could have been on the can for a longer stretch of time.

The best thing about this thread? That's Ron Hill was a better runner than very single dickwizard

on this thread. Lol.

Ultra6969 wrote:

I gotta say - this might be the worst trend I've seen lately in running. Discuss.

No lamer than running 70mpw or more if you're not in contention for an Olympic or World medal.

It worked for Ron Hill. Actually Hill hobbled a 1/4 one following surgery. Now to me that is taking it too far. I have no problem with someone jogging a mile to maintain a streak.