The 70,000 Mile Club
A large number of streak runners (at least 109 that I have
been able to confirm) have accumulated over 70,000 miles running in their
lifetime. Here is an update of their
total and streak mileage. Herb Fred has
run more miles than any other person with verified records that I am aware of.
Darryl Beardall had run an estimated 280,000 miles by the end of 2012 but has not been able to locate all his running logs to verify his total. He has only confirmed his 2007-2014 mileage. He does not run on Sundays, so is not a streak runner. He ran the Olympic Marathon Trials in 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 and still races over 50 times per year (usually 2-3 marathons).
Dallas Robertson is also not a streak runner. He ran between 20-25,000 miles before 1980, when he began recording his mileage (20,000 is used as estimate in listing his total mileage).
Don Ritchie, British ultra runner, who is not a streak runner, logged 208,100 miles from 1962 to 2011. With Darryl, Dallas and Don, there are 114 runners now mentioned, though only 109 are part of the “Club”.
Name Age 12/31/13 miles 12/31/14 miles streak miles
Darryl Beardall (78) 284,158 287,144**
Herbert Fred (85) 249,334 251,215
140,651
Dallas Robertson (58) 215,154 222,464**
Paul Ladniak (68) 202,644 204,117
Craig Davidson (61) 195,740 198,900 196,487
Jon Sutherland (64) 190,095 191,589 187,479
Don Slusser (63) 188,566 189,446 176,138
Jim Pearson (70) 168,262 169,579 159,579
Bruce Mortenson (71) 166,582 168,685
Roger Urbancsik (57) 158,014 163,077 143,001
Ron Hill (76) 158,668 160,000 134,573
Mark Covert (64) 159,601 159,623 149, 791
Reno Stirrat (59) 147,388 150,831
Bob Hensley (60) 147,580 150,019 137,349
George Brown (62) 146,679 149,679 142,163
Steve DeBoer (60) 145,220 148,983 146,663
Steve Morrow (51) 142,646 145,270 141,205
Stuart Calderwood (56) 139,959 142,459 81,500
Ken Young (73) 135,911 137,830 128,163
Scott Ludwig (60) 133,423 137,276 137,036
Gary Jones (62) 132,778 133,763 127,113
Barbara Elia (F)* + (70) 127,650 131,665
Bill Moreland (68) 123,624 126,196 112,954
Jim Hage* (56) 123,090 125,758 102,758
Craig Snapp (64) 118,891
124,633 75,596
Bruce Dern* (78) 123,700 124,100
Jerry Caine (64) 121,570 123,243 75,898
Joel Pasternack (64) 121,413 123,203 20,659
Steve Kohorst* (64) 120,630 123,130
Robert Kraft (64) 119,747 122,681 116,919
Bob Ray (77) 122,000 122,000 100,000
Barry Abrahams (63) 121,816 121,816 118,599
Timothy Masters (64) 120,390 121,728
105,229
John Liepa (69) 117,947 119,409 109,409
Larry Baldasari (64) 117,677 118,794 87,229
Al Gilman (68) 112,807 115,899
Sherry Case (F) (55) 112,069 115,344 11,086
Harvey Simon (72) 113,611 113,611 109,611
Paul Case (57) 109,540 112,880 15,662
Mike Holsteen (66) 109,796 112,739 85,757
Kenneth Roth (59) 111,100 111,100 89,800
Syl Pascale (66) 109,438 109,438
Ron Jackson (69) 108,600 108,600 108,600
Steve Gathje (59)
106,993 108,465
107,230
Alex Galbraith (64) 104,416 107,109 97,120
Bill Shires (50) 103,000 106,848 104,848
Amby Burfoot* (68) 105,600 106,600
Jim Behr (67) 103,175 104,675 103,675
Michael Fanelli (58) 101,822 103,518 8,852
Al Colonna (71) 102,200 103,295 103,245
Bill Stark (67) 101,000 103,000 93,000
Randy Wiinanen* (59)
96,582 101,619
William Benton (65)
98,400 100,194 80,062
Matthew Mace (54)
97,100 100,000 80,000
Homer Hastings (71) 98,000 98,000 79,550
Bill Robertson (62) 95,844 97,480 87,480
George Hancock (61) 94,034 96,037 90,044
Dink Taylor* (49) 91,600 95,100
Bruce Sherman (60) 92,500 95,000 92,000
Mark Courtney (58)
92,000 93,800 90,500
Rick Rayman* (68) 92,000 93,500
Thad Childs, Jr (67) 91,683 93,481 92,733
Bob Aby (69) 89,055 90,055
77,962
Norm Spitzig* (64)
88,929 91,106
Bill Leibfritz (58) 88,539 90,993 82,184
Rick Porter (61) 88,810 90,888 90,792
Terrell Worley (55)
88,362 90,772 80,030
John Chandler (59)
88,836 90,650 72,642
Tammy Slusser (F)* (49) 87,492 90,533 6,641
Ken Birse (54) 88,850 89,850 57,910
Brad Kautz (57) 86,877 89,327 17,979
Frank Russo* (62) 87,779 89,279
Lauren Estilow (F) (54)
85,966 89,049 42,765
John King (63) 86,315 88,703 88,703
Roger Nelson (64) 86,335 88,281 80,857
Gary Rust (68) 86,247 88,066 68,066
Mike Heller (72) 85,775 87,618 67,183
Rich Holmes (65) 83,435 87,453
Brian Casey (56) 85,675
87,215 87,215
Jim Bates (58) 84,728 86,728 29,947
Tim Woodbridge (57)
85,581 86,445 76,445
Bill Finkbeiner (59)
84,614 86,441 85,441
Doug Holland (53) 85,500 86,000
Stephen Reed (67) 83,500 85,000 78,000
Diana Nelson (F) (68) 81,699 84,649 83,272
Brian Short (64) 84,435 84,494 76,525
Fred Murolo (58) 81,342 84,494 82,494
Rob Zarambo (67)
82,847 83,101 74,181
Rick Kerr (59) 79,476 81,739 49,130
Grant Woodman (41)
78,505 81,458 58,124
Dave Melissas (54) 78,278 79,399 62,950
Pat Foley (66) 77,703 78,703 50,200
Ron Shealy (68) 76,631 78,698 40,506
Jeff Gould (50) 74,840 78,200 47,803
Dave Hamilton (60)
76,815 78,097 71,097
Ward Crutcher (75)
75,477 77,640 67,319
Norm Grimmett (77)
77,068 77,468 55,933
John Watts (59) 75,423 76,903 58,403
Grant McAllister (51)
73,812 75,989 73,402
Rich Wright (64) 73,900 75,017 49,700
Fred Winkel (70) 75,000 75,000 72,000
Bill Etter (72) 75,000 75,000 69,900
Joe Raffa (64) 73,000 75,000 60,000
Woody Woodburn (54)
70,422 74,433 37,529
Tom Allen (62) 71,721 74,159 67,326
John Roemer, IV (54)
70,640 72,512 69,572
Marty Winkel* (70) 71,500 72,500 45,000
Tom Andrews* (60) 71,500 72,500
Charles Holmberg (66) 70,754 72,470 76,000
Joe Hyder (63) 72,000 72,000 71,000
George Church (68)
69,086 70,917 45,341
Dave DeBoer (58) 67,246 68,680
Debbie Brassfield-Zoltie
(F) (54) 65,034 67,231 45,231
* have not had their
running streaks certified by the
** not
streak runners
*** Note from Rob: Ran
only 254 miles in 2014. Ended over 38 year streak on
7/17/2014. No regrets enjoyed the
journey. It was time both my miles and pace were awful. After over 400 races and over 83,000 miles my
knees feel MUCH better that it ended.
Took up cycling outside weather permitting and doing inside spin classes
during the winter. Good Luck to all the current streakers
+ had run 494 ultras
and marathons as of Feb 10, 2015
I probably did not get everyone who qualifies. Please send your data if you have surpassed (or will this year) 70,000 running miles, at (deboer.stephen@mayo.edu), and I will be sure to include you in the next update.
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