The 70,000 Mile Club
A large number of streak runners (at least 98 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 2007-2013 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. From January 1, 1980 through December 31, 2013, he has covered 195,154 miles, 6,832 of them this past year.
Don Ritchie, British ultrarunner who is not a streak runner, logged 208,100 miles from 1962 to 2011. With Darryl, Dallas and Don, there are 101 runners now mentioned though only 98 are part of the “Club”.
Name Age 12/31/12 miles 12/31/13 miles streak miles
Darryl Beardall (77) 281,000 284,158**
Herbert Fred (84) 247,142 249,334 138,769
Dallas Robertson (57) 208,322 215,154**
Paul Ladniak (67) 201,174 202,644
Craig Davidson (60) 192,600 195,750 193,337
Jon Sutherland (63) 188,090 190,095 185,985
Don Slusser (62) 188,566 188,566 175,258
Jim Pearson (69) 167,219 168,262 158,262
Bruce Mortenson (70) 164,457 166,582
Mark Covert (63) 158,800 159,601 149, 791
Ron Hill* (75) 157,370 158,670
Roger Urbancsik (56) 153,401 158,014 137,938
Barbara Elia (F)* (69) 147,900 153,100
George Brown (61) 142,566 146,679 139,163
Bob Hensley (59) 144,476 146,365 137,349
Steve DeBoer (59) 141,400 145,220 143,620
Steve Morrow (50) 137,744 142,646 141,205
Stuart Calderwood (55) 137,149 139,959 79,000
Ken Young (72) 134,270 135,911 125,217
Scott Ludwig (59) 129,687 133,423 133,183
Gary Jones (61) 131,902 132,778 126,128
Bruce Dern* (77) 123,300 123,700
Bill Moreland (67) 120,834 123,624 110,382
Jim Hage* (55) 120,251 123,090 100,090
Bob Ray (76) 122,000 122,000 100,000
Barry Abrahams (62) 121,446 121,816 118,599
Jerry Caine (63) 120,217 121,570 74,225
Joel Pasternack (63) 119,661 121,413 18,870
Steve Kohorst* (63) 117,682 120,630
Timothy Masters (63) 118,729 120,390
103,891
Robert Kraft (63) 116,812 119,747 113,985
Craig Snapp (63) 112,933
118,891 69,854
John Liepa (68) 116,531 117,947 107,947
Larry Baldasari (63) 115,389 117,677 87,229
Harvey Simon (71) 113,111 113,611 109,611
Al Gilman (67) 110,610 112,807
Sherry Case (F) (54) 109,008 112,069 7,811
Kenneth Roth (57) 109,100 110,100 89,800
Mike Holsteen (65) 106,840 109,796 82,814
Paul Case (56) 106,420 109,540 12,322
Syl Pascale (65) 109,438 109,438
Ron Jackson (68) 108,000 108,600 108,600
Steve Gathje (58) 105,350 106,971 105,770
Amby Burfoot* (67) 104,600 105,600
Bill Shires (49) 105,000 103,000
Alex Galbraith (63) 101,790 104,416 94,427
Jim Behr (66) 101,666 103,175 102,175
Al Colonna (70) 101,100
102,200 102,150
Michael Fanelli (57) 100,212 101,820 8,852
Bill Stark (66) 99,000 101,000 91,000
Homer Hastings (70) 98,000 98,000 79,550
Bill Robertson (61) 94,103 95,844 85,544
George Hancock (60) 92,081 94,034 88,041
Dink Taylor* (48) 91,600 93,600
Bruce Sherman (59) 89,900 92,500 89,500
Mark Courtney (57) 90,300 92,000 88,700
Rick Rayman* (67) 90,000 92,000
Thad Childs, Jr (66) 90.238 91,683 90,935
Bob Aby (68) 87,384 89,055 76,962
Norm Spitzig* (63) 86,704 88,929
Ken Birse (53) 87,750 88,850 56,910
John Chandler (58) 87,037 88,836 70,828
Rick Porter (60) 86,752 88,810 88,714
Terrell Worley (54) 85,332 88,362 80,030
Tammy Slusser (F)* (48) 84,404 87,492 3,600
Frank Russo* (63) 85,554 87,004
Brad Kautz (56) 84,466 86,877 15,429
Bill Leibfritz (57) 84,399 86,629 77,820
Roger Nelson (63) 84,677 86,335 78,911
John King (62) 83,500 86,315 86,315
Brian Casey (55) 84,095
85,675 85,675
Tim Woodbridge (56) 85,001 85,581 75,581
Doug Holland (52) 85,000 85,500
Lauren Estilow (F) (53) 82,075 84,966 38,546
Jim Bates (57) 82,018 84,728 29,947
Bill Finkbeiner (58) 83,200 84,700 83,200
Debbie
Brassfield-Zoltie (53) 84,591 71,841
Brian Short (63) 83,503 84,435 76,466
Stephen Reed (66) 82,000 83,500 76,500
Rich Holmes (64) 79,697 83,435
Rob Zarambo (66) 81,844 82,847 73,927
Diana Nelson (F) (67) 78,809 81,699 80,312
Fred Murolo (57) 77,687 81,342 79,342
Rick Kerr (58) 76,628 79,476 46,867
Dave Melissas (53) 78,034
79,172 62,623
Grant Woodman (40) 75,400 78,505 58,376
Pat Foley (65) 76,705 77,703 49,200
Norm Grimmett (76) 76,653 77,068 55,933
Dave Hamilton (59) 75,776 76,815 70,815
Ron Shealy (67) 74,699 76,631 38,439
John Watts (58) 73,902 75,423 56,923
Fred Winkel (69) 75,000 75,000 72,000
Bill Etter (71) 75,000 75,000 69,900
Grant McAllister (50) 71,559 73,812 71,225
Joe Hyder (62) 72,000 72,000 71,000
Tom Allen (61) 68,636 71,721 64,889
Marty Winkel* (69) 70,000 71,500 45,000
Tom Andrews* (59) 70,000 71,500
Charles Holmberg (65) 68,740 70,754 70,754
John Roemer, IV (53) 68,284 70,640 67,700
Woody Woodburn (53) 66,289 70,422 33,518
* have not had their
running streaks certified by the
** not
streak runners
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.
Many of us do some cross training, but I’ll just mention a few who gave me mileage in their backup event:
Mark Covert – 4633 cycling; Roger Nelson – over 5000 cycling and 4200 Elliptigo (send him an e-mail if you want to know more about that outdoor riding contraption); Tim Woodbridge 350 miles water running (saving his knees); Bill Leibfritz 233.5 miles freestyle swimming (used to do triathlons).
Then there is Syl Pascale, who had to quit running after knee surgery in 1997. Since then he has cycled over 250,000 miles. His highest yearly total was 2009, when he covered 23,245 miles on bike.