Top Mileage Totals from the U.S. Running Streak Assoc.

from RunEveryDay.com, the web site of the U.S. Running Streak Association. These don't appear to be verified, and some seem unlikely. Amby

The Cumulative Running Miles List

Through a combination of contacting individuals and making educated guesses, here is a list of total miles runners on the streak list have completed since they began running (as opposed to total streak miles). This is the top 21 (those with 95,000 miles or more), including retired streakers. There are several in the 80,000 to 90,000 category as well.

These estimates are as of January 1, 2008:

Herbert Fred (79) 228,300

Don Slusser (56) 175,000

Jon Sutherland (57) 175,000

Craig Davidson (54) 171,100

Jim Pearson (63) 153,100

Mark Covert (57) 148,500

George Brown (55) 126,500

Ken Young (66) 124,500

Steve DeBoer (53) 123,400

Bob Ray (70) 122,000

Steve Morrow (44) 115,200

James Behr (60) 113,000

Kenneth Roth (51) 112,000

John Liepa (62) 109,000

Scott Ludwig (53) 108,500

Timothy Masters (57) 106,600

William Moreland (61) 105,500

Robert Kraft (57) 97,800

Steve Gathje (52) 97,000

Homer Hastings (64) 96,000

Barry Abrahams (57) 95,000

I am aware of only a few runners who have accumulated 200,000 miles or more in their lifetimes. Gordon Pirie had over 250,000 miles and Ted Corbitt had over 200,000. So Herb Fred is probably #2 on the all time list. I suspect Bill Rodgers is in the 175,000-185,000 range. Based on age and current yearly running mileage, it looks like the following individuals have the best chance of reaching 200,000: Don Slusser, Jon Sutherland, Craig Davidson, and Steve Morrow.

Harvey Simon (65) 90,500

Craig Snapp (57) 85,400