Craig Snapp
San Diego CA
7-19-50
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My longest running-streak started when I was 47, and made it till i was 65, (18 years, 8 days), and stopped when my appendix said, “I'm outta here!” On 01-01-11, (13 years into my streak), I decided to start collecting the money found during a run.
I take it all home, identify each by denomination-and-date, enter that data onto a spread-sheet, then place each find into the appropriate “coca-cola” glass, in my den.
As of today, (05-26-20 : 9 years, 147 days into the collecting), I have found 98,245 coins. Also, I have a finding-streak of 9 years, 1 day.
One of my other passions is numbers, and I could give you more of those, about this “hobby,” than even your most loyal reader could stomach.
Since my longest running-streak ended, (on 04-08-16), I have had a streak of 2 years, 59 days, (stopped by a “meniscus-tear”), and 182 days, (stopped by a “g.i. bleed,” not to be confused with “g.i. joe”), and am currently on another streak.
I won't be 70 for 54 more days, and am hoping to sneak in some more good miles-and-finds, before I'm too old to remember what those words mean. As an example of some of the statistics, which would bore your readers into an altered state:
# the oldest find is a 1907 nickel.
# the most-frequent find is the 2016 penny, (at 3,073), followed by the 2014 penny, (at 3,066).
# the number-of-coins-60-years-old-or-older is 599.
# there are 218 bills, with 1 of $100, 38 of $20, and a total value of $1,251.
The biggest-month ever was last month, (April 2020), with 4,063 coins, for a daily-average of 135.4.
My lifetime-running-mileage just sneaked over 151,000. Godspeed to us all.
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I began recording my miles on 2-9-77, when I was 26. Tonight, I texted God, and asked if I could know the mileage I had done between 7-19-50, and 2-8-77. The answer I received was, "4,846"! That would give me a "Lifetime Total" of 99,999! When I told God that that would leave me one mile short of making "Amby's List," I received, "HEY! Tell Amby that he should let you slide for that one mile! Remind him, that I'm still watching every move he makes!" Ya know, I believe: SHE'S RIGHT! AMEN!
Tom Fleming has run 124,336 miles (end of 2009)
Tom Fleming
Bloomfield, NJ
DOB: July 23, 1951
2:12:05 PB
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Starting running age 17 yrs ... a senior in HS .... four years later finished 2nd the the BAA the first time. I trained hard 7-8 moths a year and with a passion, hated to lose but realized it is part of sports .... learned a lot of lessons that I now pass on yo my young stable of HS runners! My best marathon efforts were ALWAYS at BAA '73, '74, '75 and '79 (6 times in the top ten) ... and in LA in 1981 which I won .... 63 total marathons, 27 sub two twenty. I have 124,336 in my 20 volumes of diaries ... I quit keeping track of my mileage in 2000. BTW, LSD wasn't the key ... LFD was always my goal ... looking back, the easy 20 mile "recovery days" were vital with my so called "high mileage." It worked for me!
Bloomfield, NJ
DOB: July 23, 1951
2:12:05 PB
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Starting running age 17 yrs ... a senior in HS .... four years later finished 2nd the the BAA the first time. I trained hard 7-8 moths a year and with a passion, hated to lose but realized it is part of sports .... learned a lot of lessons that I now pass on yo my young stable of HS runners! My best marathon efforts were ALWAYS at BAA '73, '74, '75 and '79 (6 times in the top ten) ... and in LA in 1981 which I won .... 63 total marathons, 27 sub two twenty. I have 124,336 in my 20 volumes of diaries ... I quit keeping track of my mileage in 2000. BTW, LSD wasn't the key ... LFD was always my goal ... looking back, the easy 20 mile "recovery days" were vital with my so called "high mileage." It worked for me!
Scott Ludwig has run 118,093.5 miles (12-31-09)
Scott Ludwig
Peachtree City, GA 30269
DOB: 12/10/54
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At the end of 2009 my lifetime mileage reached 118,093.5 miles. I am a 'streak' runner, having started running on November 30, 1978. I haven't missed a day since. I started running at the insistence of my two graduate school professors (both runners) and have never been able to determine when enough is enough. For the past 16 years I've averaged 4,650 miles annually--which is getting to be a bit much for this old guy; I hope to limit myself to 4,000 miles in 2010. I've run 161 marathons, 44 ultramarathons, and over 500 other miscellaneous races ranging from one mile to 24 hours. My 'highlights' include a 6th place finish in the 2003 Badwater Ultramarathon, the Masters Championship at the 2002 National 24-Hour Endurance Run, and a last place finish at the 2006 Western States Endurance Run. Once upon a time I had a semblance of speed (2:48 marathon, 36:14 10K, 17:12 5K), but those days are long gone (I'm an old guy, remember). I started my own running club, the Darkside Running Club (www.darksiderunningclub.com) with my running partner Al Barker in 2002. We host the Peachtree City 50/25K every second Sunday in November and the Darkside 8-Hour Run every spring. Our club's quarterly newsletter is--in my opinion, the best there is. I write a monthly column for the online running magazine, Georgia Runner. I've also written two books about running: (1) Running through My Mind: Confessions of an Every Day Runner (an autobiography) and (2) A Passion for Running: Portraits of the Everyday Runner (profiling 18 amazing runners). I've got a handful of goals left: (1) 200,000 lifetime miles; (2) 200 marathons, with 100 of them in the state of Georgia, (3) attain the longest consecutive-days running streak in the United States and (4) write at least six more books about running. However, once I reach the 2nd goal, I'm REALLY backing off on my mileage (yeah, right).
Peachtree City, GA 30269
DOB: 12/10/54
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At the end of 2009 my lifetime mileage reached 118,093.5 miles. I am a 'streak' runner, having started running on November 30, 1978. I haven't missed a day since. I started running at the insistence of my two graduate school professors (both runners) and have never been able to determine when enough is enough. For the past 16 years I've averaged 4,650 miles annually--which is getting to be a bit much for this old guy; I hope to limit myself to 4,000 miles in 2010. I've run 161 marathons, 44 ultramarathons, and over 500 other miscellaneous races ranging from one mile to 24 hours. My 'highlights' include a 6th place finish in the 2003 Badwater Ultramarathon, the Masters Championship at the 2002 National 24-Hour Endurance Run, and a last place finish at the 2006 Western States Endurance Run. Once upon a time I had a semblance of speed (2:48 marathon, 36:14 10K, 17:12 5K), but those days are long gone (I'm an old guy, remember). I started my own running club, the Darkside Running Club (www.darksiderunningclub.com) with my running partner Al Barker in 2002. We host the Peachtree City 50/25K every second Sunday in November and the Darkside 8-Hour Run every spring. Our club's quarterly newsletter is--in my opinion, the best there is. I write a monthly column for the online running magazine, Georgia Runner. I've also written two books about running: (1) Running through My Mind: Confessions of an Every Day Runner (an autobiography) and (2) A Passion for Running: Portraits of the Everyday Runner (profiling 18 amazing runners). I've got a handful of goals left: (1) 200,000 lifetime miles; (2) 200 marathons, with 100 of them in the state of Georgia, (3) attain the longest consecutive-days running streak in the United States and (4) write at least six more books about running. However, once I reach the 2nd goal, I'm REALLY backing off on my mileage (yeah, right).
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