Eric Clifton has reached 150,285 miles (Aug. 10, 2025)

Eric Clifton    

DOB- 6/11/58 

Winchester, CA 

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I achieved 100,00 lifetime miles on 10/10/2011 and I am currently at 150,285 total miles as of 8/10/2025. 

I started seriously running in 1977 upon first learning of the Boston Marathon and the existence of road racing.  I focused on marathons, of course, my first few years trying to qualify for the Boston Marathon.  That proved difficult to do and it was three years before I finally qualified but by then I was just happy running local races and I had discovered the new sport of triathlon in 1980.  

Jumping into triathlon in those early years was a blast and I competed in several around the country although there were not that many around then.  I did race in the Ironman championships in Kona (the first 4 years they were held on the Big Island) with my best finish in 1984 with an 11th place overall finish.  

In 1986 I discovered the world of trail ultra running and threw my efforts into that sport.  My favorite sport is trail ultra running which has still retained all the appeal it had in the beginning even though the sport has grown exponentially in the years since.  I really preferred trail 100's but have tried most every distance up to the 135 mile Badwater race distance.  

The highlights of my career to me are: being awarded the USATF Ted Corbitt award  for ultrarunner of the year (and Ultrarunning magazine's ultrarunner of the year) for my 1992 season with my four 100 mile trail wins (anytime my name is linked in any way with Ted Corbitt is quite an honour); My induction into the Ultrarunning Hall of Fame in 2021 (https://ultrarunninghistory.com/hall-of-fame/eric-clifton/);  my 1994 JFK 50 miler pr; my 1996 Rocky Raccoon 100 pr; my 1992 Superior 100 win and my last win at the Chino Hills 50k in 2014 at age 56.   

I am still actively racing triathlons, road and trail races and ultras with a 12 hour event this weekend 8/16/'25.  Oh, and by the way, I finally got to the Boston Marathon-  1996 100th running almost 20 years after I started running with that goal in mind.

PRS:

1 mile-4:44

3k-9:18

2 mile- 10:44

5k-16:04

5 mile- 27:39

10k-33:00

10 mile- 54:42

Half marathon- 1:14:14

Marathon-2:31:56

50k-3:38

50 mile- 5:46:24

100k- 7:55

100 mile- 13:16:04

24 hour- 127.5 miles

I have been meaning to contact you since I hit 100k lifetime miles but I am such a procrastinator that I have reached the 150k point in my career.  I started my running seriously in April of 1977 but only starting documenting in December of that year.  I have documented all my training since Dec. of 1977 and can tell you exactly what I did on any given day since then.  Until I started triathlon racing in 1980 most of my road courses (which was the majority of my training) I measured via a car odometer which we both know is not super accurate.  After 1980 I measured most of my courses via bicycle computerized jones counter which should be pretty close.  

I was an early adopter of garmin devices and have been measuring courses, especially my trail courses, with garmins since around 2000.  However, I have noticed that with every upgrade to my garmin devices the mileage they report is shorter so a course I ran in 2000 may have given me credit for 7 miles while in 2010 on the same course it credits me with 6.75 miles.  After considering how garmin devices work and the fact that they are impossible to measure a course actually shorter than it is I have started only giving my runs a buffer of .01/ mile.  So for every 100 miles I log I have to have 101 miles according to my garmin.   I have been adjusting my mileage down since about 2010.

Marc Piva reached 100,000 lifetime miles on July 4, 2025

Marc Piva

Southern CA

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I just reached the 100,000 milestone.  I started running on September 23, 1974, and have run a total of 15,054 days with an average per day of 6.64 miles.  I have logged every day I've ever run. 

I started running during college, and in my 20's ran a lot of short races 10k to half marathons. My fastest 10k was 36 minutes; 10 miles, 60 minutes; half 80 minutes. I stopped racing in my 30's and beyond.

In the 1980's and 1990's I would run with my dad who was an ultra marathoner (Ray) and would run with him all the time and even in some races, like Western States 100. I would run the last 50 miles with him for example. It was a great way to spend time with him and we were very passionate about running.   

These days I run from 7 - 10 miles per day, I run for health, relaxation and time alone.  My longest streak is 9.5 years which is recorded on the Runner Streak website. 

Great Britain's Stephen Murdoch has passed the 100,000 mile mark (Nov. 16, 2024)

Stephen Murdoch

Penrith, England

DOB: 16 April 1961 

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The north of England was a fortuitous place to start a lifelong love affair with running, it being a cauldron of athletic endeavour. I soon joined Jarrow Hebburn AC, running my first race in 1969.

I just loved to run - it was as simple as that - and I have detailed training diaries going right back to those early days. The very talented Steve Cram (1983 World 1500m Champion and 1984 Olympic silver medallist) joined our club but, while we trained and competed together for decades, sadly that’s where the comparison ends. 

Being a late developer, athletic progress eluded me for many years and even aged 17 I finished last in a local youths’ road race. At Edinburgh University I was very fortunate to be guided by Martin Hyman, ex-Olympic 10,000m athlete, a founder of the International Athletes Club and a good friend for life. It was his dedicated wisdom and patience that inculcated athletic beliefs.

In the 1970s and 80s I discovered a talent for orienteering when finishing 4 th in the British Championships. Representing British teams in European internationals was an absolute privilege but I was never sufficiently gifted to be selected for the World Championship team. Despite still only being in my twenties I became Team Coach and then British Team Manager, leading teams in the World Championships and World Cup Final. 

As a Chartered Accountant, sitting all day provided ample recovery from training sessions but it was only in the 90s, maturing at the ripe old age of 30, that I realised I could be competitive on road and track. I ran a half marathon personal best of 66:40 in 1992 when selected to run for the North of England, this being my undoubted career highlight on the road.

Living and working in New Zealand in 1993 I won 33 out of 55 races, in addition to memorably meeting such athletic notables as Arthur Lydiard and Kathy Switzer. Defining memories of a personal best 30:19 track 10,000m and a Northern 10,000m title will always give much pleasure, as does a 14:28 track 5,000m. No dark regrets whatever remain, as unlike many runners I am convinced that every competitive ounce was ground out of my humble gifts, thus defying a local press description of me as a ‘self-coached, enthusiastic amateur’!

In the 2000s, getting older but not yet hobbling, I was still running well and twice competed in the World Masters Championships, winning team silver and bronze medals for Great Britain. Individually, 8 th in the half marathon and 8 th then 10 th in the 10km on the road were maximal performances, of which I will always be proud. Truthfully, it retrospectively feels as if somebody else ran those races.

What of the injuries? Youthful over-exuberance and a frail physique swiftly imparted the wisdom that my safe limit was about 70 miles per week, so I have always indulged myself with interval and fartlek sessions. These were my first love and I rue the day I will run my last. Stress fractures have been a perennial problem and a spine operation, two knee surgeries and two cardiac ablations have also slowed me, yet I’m gratified that positivity stands undiminished.

Now I have returned to my roots. I have run in more than 50 countries and now I run in the mountains, not missing a day for over a year and averaging just over 50 miles per week. The pleasure is as immense as it ever was. I run hill and orienteering races and put a 5km spurt on each Saturday at a local parkrun, having completed 450, still enjoying racing.

 New challenges have presented themselves and this year I finally completed my ‘racing alphabet’, including races in Örebro, Sweden, and also Żary, Poland. My greatest pleasure nowadays is when out running in the mountains, often in the dark with my headlight, invariably with only nature for company. Who wouldn’t be a lifelong convert?

Eric Morse has run 173,668 miles (through the end of 2022)

Eric Morse

Berlin, VT

Born: March, 1965

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(Submitted by Dave Dunham)

I spent the last few months entering my teammates training logs into a spreadsheet and also creating a racing log for him. With the 4,111 miles he ran in 2022 he has a grand total of 173,668 miles.  He has averaged over 12 miles a day since he started running in 1981.  He only missed 62 days since November of 1983 (when he started tracking his miles).  He currently has not missed a day in 14 years and 9 months.  He is a member of the Mt Washington Road Race hall of fame, RunVermont hall of fame, and Harwood Union High School hall of fame.  He was a 6 time high school state champion in track and cross-country.

Eric reached 100,000 miles on Friday, March 31, 2006 (he just turned 41).

Eric has raced 812 times and the number of top five finishes (by place) are below, he has won over 50% of his races:

1 – 411

2 – 105

3 – 47

4 -41

5 – 25

PR’s

1500- 3:43.9

3000 – 8:29.5

2m – 8:58.9

5k – 14:20.1

4m – 19:07

8k – 23:41

5m – 23:20

10k – 29:30

15k – 45:48

10m – 50:49

20k – 1:00:48

½ mar – 1:07:31

30k – 1:40:18

Marathon – 2:30:08

Barbara Pearce reached 100,000 miles on August 31, 2023

Barbara Pearce

Guilford CT

Born: 10/1954    

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I reached 100,000 tracked miles this morning!  I’ve been running since 1970, but only started keeping track at the start of 1991.  This year, I really pushed to hit the big 100, and I got a glorious morning for the last run.  

There are many other goals to chase out there in running, but this is the one I chose.  Now maybe I can work on getting fast again. I am just now, at almost 69, seeing my fast-twitch muscles fail me.  I am just not as fast as I used to be.  

I do, however, still hope to stay on the regression line that my longtime running partner, Ray Fair, has.  It’s found on his site Aging in Sports and Chess, and is called the Fair Model.  You can easily find it, and use it to prove to yourself that you are slowing down at an appropriate pace.