Pedaling Fool
02-03-2013, 18:50
Streak Running is an interesting thing, but I do wonder if many of the participants are showing a great deal of discipline or obsession? The current record holder is a Brit, Ron Hill.
Personally, I have no interest in streaking for a super long time, but I can see, maybe, motivating myself to maybe do it for a year, just to see what it's like.
http://www.runnersworld.com/general-interest/ron-hills-streak-nears-48-years
Ron Hill's Streak Nears 48 Years
Three-time British Olympian says he's run at least a mile every day since Dec. 20, 1964.
If you're struggling to stick with the Runner's World holiday streak (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RWRunStreak&src=hash), which entails running at least a mile every day from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day, maybe Ron Hill can help you put things in perspective. Hill says he's run at least a mile every day since December 20, 1964, back when this writer was planning his 6-month birthday party.
As The Independent reports (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ron-hill-the-man-who-keeps-on-running-8395924.html), Hill says his streak has helped him to a lifetime odometer reading of more than 157,000 miles. While there are runners with more lifetime miles, and while some people admire Hill's tenacity but put an asterisk next to his streak (see below), nobody has matched his trifecta of consistency, volume and quality.
On that last part: Hill, 74, represented Great Britain in the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics. He won the 1970 Boston Marathon in a then-course record of 2:10:30. His 2:09:28 marathon PR made him the second person in history to break 2:10. During his elite career he also set world records for 10 miles, 15 miles and 25 kilometers.
Like most streakers, Hill sets his own standards. His minimum for a day's run is a mile. Hill tells The Independent he's had a few close calls, such as when he crashed his car in 1993 and broke his sternum. "Luckily, I'd run that morning and I recovered sufficiently the next day to be let out," he says.
Also in 1993, Hill had bunion surgery. He told The Independent he was able to run a mile a day post-surgery "in a plaster cast in a specially adapted shoe." Years ago, however, Hill said that the day after the surgery he went to a track and completed a mile on crutches. Some streakers have said that, because there's a difference between covering a mile under one's power in whatever way and running a mile, Hill's streak ended that day.
But this isn't the time or place for such quibbles. Hill has been asked whether he'll end the streak in December 2014 when it reaches 50 years.
"It keeps me fit," Hill responds. "It does me good, health-wise. What's the reason to stop?"
Streak Running Association http://runeveryday.com/
Personally, I have no interest in streaking for a super long time, but I can see, maybe, motivating myself to maybe do it for a year, just to see what it's like.
http://www.runnersworld.com/general-interest/ron-hills-streak-nears-48-years
Ron Hill's Streak Nears 48 Years
Three-time British Olympian says he's run at least a mile every day since Dec. 20, 1964.
If you're struggling to stick with the Runner's World holiday streak (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RWRunStreak&src=hash), which entails running at least a mile every day from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day, maybe Ron Hill can help you put things in perspective. Hill says he's run at least a mile every day since December 20, 1964, back when this writer was planning his 6-month birthday party.
As The Independent reports (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ron-hill-the-man-who-keeps-on-running-8395924.html), Hill says his streak has helped him to a lifetime odometer reading of more than 157,000 miles. While there are runners with more lifetime miles, and while some people admire Hill's tenacity but put an asterisk next to his streak (see below), nobody has matched his trifecta of consistency, volume and quality.
On that last part: Hill, 74, represented Great Britain in the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics. He won the 1970 Boston Marathon in a then-course record of 2:10:30. His 2:09:28 marathon PR made him the second person in history to break 2:10. During his elite career he also set world records for 10 miles, 15 miles and 25 kilometers.
Like most streakers, Hill sets his own standards. His minimum for a day's run is a mile. Hill tells The Independent he's had a few close calls, such as when he crashed his car in 1993 and broke his sternum. "Luckily, I'd run that morning and I recovered sufficiently the next day to be let out," he says.
Also in 1993, Hill had bunion surgery. He told The Independent he was able to run a mile a day post-surgery "in a plaster cast in a specially adapted shoe." Years ago, however, Hill said that the day after the surgery he went to a track and completed a mile on crutches. Some streakers have said that, because there's a difference between covering a mile under one's power in whatever way and running a mile, Hill's streak ended that day.
But this isn't the time or place for such quibbles. Hill has been asked whether he'll end the streak in December 2014 when it reaches 50 years.
"It keeps me fit," Hill responds. "It does me good, health-wise. What's the reason to stop?"
Streak Running Association http://runeveryday.com/