The 70,000 Mile Club by Stephen DeBoer (Deboer.Stephen@mayo.edu)
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) 249,334 251,215 139,240
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) 188,566 189,446 175,258
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) 135,911 137,830 127,163
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
Barbara Latta (F) (73) 122,705 126,037 125,887
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) 110,100 111,100 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
* have not had their running streaks certified by the US Running Streak Association
** not streak runners
THIS INFORMATION COURTESY OF STEVE DEBOER
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) 249,334 251,215 139,240
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) 188,566 189,446 175,258
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) 135,911 137,830 127,163
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
Barbara Latta (F) (73) 122,705 126,037 125,887
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) 110,100 111,100 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
* have not had their running streaks certified by the US Running Streak Association
** not streak runners
THIS INFORMATION COURTESY OF STEVE DEBOER
Streak Runners
Over 100,000 miles
A large number of streak runners have accumulated over 100,000
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. More information about the U.S. Running Streak Assoc. at RunEveryDay.com.
Darryl Beardall
has run an estimated 280,000 miles but has not been able to locate all his
running logs to verify his total. I talked to him recently. At that time, he was only able to
confirm his 2007-2012 mileage.
He does not run on Sundays, so is not a streak runner, but I am including him here because of his high
total. He ran the Olympic Marathon
Trials in 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 and still races over 50 times per year
(usually 2-3 marathons).
Don Ritchie,
British ultrarunner, logged 208,100 miles from 1962 to 2011.
Name Age 12/31/11
miles 12/31/12
miles streak miles
Darryl Beardall (76) 278,045 281,000**
Herbert Fred (83) 244,950 247,142 136,577
Paul Ladniak (66) 199,684 201,174
Craig Davidson (59) 188,800 192,600 190,187
Don Slusser (61) 186,844 188,566 175,258
Jon Sutherland (62) 186,021 188,090 184,132
Jim Pearson (68) 165,790 167,219 157,219
Bruce Mortenson (69) 161,844 164,457
Mark Covert (62) 157,101 158,800 148,997
Ron Hill* (74) 155,916 157,370
Roger Urbancsik (55) 146,893 153,401 133,325
Bob Hensley (58) 142,976 144,476
137,349
George Brown (60) 138,816 142,566 135,050
Steve DeBoer (58) 137,637 141,400 139,800
Steve Morrow (49) 132,213 137,744 136,303
Ken Young (71) 132,658 134,270 123,712
Stuart Calderwood (54) 132,628 134,128 73,170
Gary Jones (60) 131,102 131,902 125,252
Scott Ludwig (58) 125,845 129,687 129,447
Bob Ray (75) 122,000 122,000 100,000
Barry Abrahams (61) 119,242 121,446 118,231
Bill Moreland (66) 118,404 120,834 97,250
Jim Hage* (54)
117,493 120,251 97,251
Jerry Caine (62) 118,194 120,221 72,872
Joel Pasternack (62) 117,815 119,661 17,123
Timothy Masters (62) 117,677 118,729 102,230
Steve Kohorst* (62) 114,450 117,682
Robert Kraft (62) 113,870 116,812 111,050
John Liepa (67) 114,960 116,531 106,531
Larry Baldasari (62) 112,906 115,389 87,229
Harvey Simon (70) 111,111 113,111 109,111
Craig Snapp (62)
106,989
112, 933 63,896
Al Gilman (66) 110,000 110,610
Syl Pascale (64) 109,438 109,438
Kenneth Roth (56) 107,800 109,100 89,800
Sherry Case (F) (53) 105,885 109,008 4,750
Ron Jackson (67) 106,000 108,000 108,000
Paul Case (55)
103,380 106,420 9,194
Steve Gathje (57)
103,550 105,350
104,149
Amby Burfoot* (66) 103,600 104,600
Alex Galbraith (62) 100,038
101,790 91,801
Jim Behr (65) 100,340 101,666 100,666
Al Colonna (69)
100,000
101,100
101,050
Michael Fanelli (56) 98,105 100,212 7,244
Bill Stark (65) 97,000 99,000 89,000
* have not had their running streaks certified by the US
Running Streak Association
** estimate, which may be higher than actual mileage
Many members of the U.S. Running Streak Assoc. have confirmed that they have run more than 100,000 lifetime miles. This list is compiled by Stephen De Boer (deboer.stephen@mayo.edu) . The Assoc web site is located at RunEveryDay.com. (Many of these runners are not listed on this site, because I do not have the "bio" info about them. However, if they contact me at amburf@gmail.com, I will be happy to add them.)
Name Age 12/31/10 miles
Herbert Fred (81) 242,064
Craig Davidson (57) 184,650
Don Slusser (59) 184,413
Jon Sutherland (60) 183,529
Jim Pearson (66) 164,778
Bruce Mortenson* (67) 159,700
Mark Covert (60) 155,290
Bob Hensley (56) 141,476
George Brown (58) 135,816
Steve DeBoer (56) 134,240
Stuart Calderwood (52) 131,128
Ken Young (69) 131,010
Gary Jones (58) 129,133
Steve Morrow (47) 127,582
Bob Ray (73) 122,000
Scott Ludwig (56) 122,000
Barry Abrahams (59) 116,974
Joel Pasternack (60) 115,884
Bill Moreland (64) 115,570
Timothy Masters (60) 115,509
John Liepa (65) 113,425
Robert Kraft (60) 110,937
Larry Baldasari (60) 110,759
Harvey Simon (68) 109,000
Jim Hage* (52) 108,684
Kenneth Roth (54) 106,000
Burfoot, Amby* (64) 103,000
Sherry Case* (51) 102,731
SteveGathje (55) 101,800
Craig Snapp (60) 100,972
Paul Case* (53) 100,365
I probably did not get everyone on the list who qualifies. Please send your data if you have surpassed (or will this year) 70,000 running miles, either to me (deboer.stephen@mayo.edu) or John and Dawn Strumsky, and I will be sure to include you in the next update.