The Streak Registry

STREAK RUNNERS INTERNATIONAL UNITED STATES RUNNING STREAK ASSOCIATION THE STREAK REGISTRY SAM JOHNSTON’S STREAK HITS 40 YEARS STREAK SURVIVES HURRICANE IRMA Sam Johnston VOLUME SEVENTEEN NUMBER FOUR WINTER 2018 THE STREAK REGISTRY Winter 2018 – 68th ISSUE Dawn Strumsky Mark Washburne Kevin Brunson p. 45 John Strumsky President Steven Cox p. 46 Founders Emeritus Mendham, New Jersey Gary Scott p. 46 Millersville, Maryland Sabrina Fowler p. 46 Steve Morrow Adam Resosky p. 47 George A. Hancock Vice President, Webmaster Roger Crossley p. 48 Honorary Founder Eagle Lake, Minnesota Lisa Surowiec p. 48 Windber, Pennsylvania Edwin Dupree p. 48 Table of Contents Chris Brackman p. 48 Robert C. Ray Bill Howes p. 49 Chairperson Emeritus Streaking Anniv. p. 2 Bill Shires p. 49 Baltimore, Maryland Jeremy Matteson p. 49 Sam Johnston p. 3 Ken Johnson p. 50 Julie Maxwell Frank Clarke p. 6 Danielle Meyers p. 50 Chair Retired Female Steve Bayliss p. 8 Betsey Goering p. 50 Kasson, Minnesota Donna Moran p. 50 Traversing the Tundra Rick Decker p. 51 Mark Covert By: Steve DeBoer p. 11 Ben Kimball p. 51 Chair Retired Male Kristen Kenner-Ohlmann p. 51 Lancaster, California Marathon PRs p. 14 Barry Sackett p. 51 Kyle Sather p. 52 Barbara S. Latta Member Updates: Daniel Pereira p. 52 Chair Active Female Nick Caperna p. 53 Raleigh, North Carolina Rejhan Bosnjak p. 32 Lindsey Martin p. 53 Charlotte Lawson p. 32 Phillip Hawley p. 54 Jon Sutherland John Watts p. 33 Kelly Nelson p. 54 Chair Active Male Jim Meulendyke p. 33 David Todd p. 54 West Hills, California John Wolff p. 33 Jessica Wind-Abolafia p. 54 Leah Brown p. 33 Tracey McKibben p. 55 Diane Washburne Dave Max p. 33 Roxanne Lorenz p. 55 Treasurer Ellen Westfelt p. 33 Susan Rattenbury p. 55 Mendham, New Jersey Paul Wichmann p. 34 Michael Hammond p. 56 Joseph Walf p. 34 Shawn Mastrantonio p. 56 Mike Johnson Kyle Anne Nelson p. 35 Matt Montain p. 56 Assistant Webmaster John Winowiecki p. 35 Bram Arrington p. 57 Daphne, Alabama Seana Denning p. 36 Jim Hutchins p. 57 Kim Martin p. 36 Bridget Fox p. 57 John I. Watts Kevin Rapp p. 37 Elaine Weigle p. 58 Chaplain Ed Seaman p. 37 Deborah Johnson p. 58 Nampa, Idaho Deb Brassfield p. 38 Katie Wojnoonski p. 58 Karyn Gallivan p. 38 Derek Long p. 58 Stephen W. DeBoer Mark Sands p. 39 Dave Emmans p. 58 Board Member Daree Selby p. 40 Benjamin Rosa p. 59 Rochester, Minnesota Amy Katz p. 40 Susan Mindock p. 59 Kelly Luck p. 40 Annette Rapp p. 60 Geza Feld Raymond Anair p. 41 Ken Johnson p. 60 Board Member Myong Hwan Eiselstein p. 41 Farmingdale, New York Scott Isgett p. 42 Chris Dodrill p. 42 Int’l Active p. 61 Robert R. Kraft Steve Gathje p. 42 USA Active p. 63 Board Member Mark Misch p. 42 USA Retired p. 80 Miami Beach, Florida Jerome Gist p. 43 Int’l Retired p. 93 Donald Bennett p. 43 Kenneth C. Young Matthew Mace p. 44 SRI/USRSA Online p. 95 Board Member Reza Saputra p. 44 Petrolia, California Jerry Caine p. 44 The Finish Line Sam Lathrop p. 44 By: Mark Washburne p. 96 Grant Woodman p. 45 Edmond Liu p. 45 1 STREAKING ANNIVERSARIES From The Legends to The Coverts (45th anniversary) Steven Gathje of South Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 25th From The Highly Skilled to The Dominators (25th anniversary) Gabrielle Cohen of Petrolia, Claifornia on November 10th From The Well Versed to The Highly Skilled (20th anniversary) Debbie Brassfield of San Jose, California on September 10th Grant Woodman of Ithaca, Michigan on October 6th From The Experienced to The Well Versed (15th anniversary) Eliza Eshelman Miron of Columbia City Indiana on September 21st From The Proficient to The Experienced (10th anniversary) Kevin Brunson of Reno, Nevada on October 6th Everette Doffemyre of Atlanta, Geogia on October 6th Steve Bayliss of Auckland, New Zealand on November 3rd Ellen Runnoe of Wausau, Wisconsin on November 3rd Nicolas Caperna of Lutherville, Maryland November 9th Diana Nelson of Dixon, Illinois on November 23rd From The Neophytes to The Proficient (5th anniversary) Kevin Barber of Essex Junction, Vermont on September 3rd Vanessa Oshima of Tokyo, Japan on September 11th Mairead Blennerhassett of Kildare, Ireland on October 1st Vernon Heavner of Winchester, Virginia on October 1st Samuel Lathrop of Ardmore, Pennsylvania on October 1st Leanne Brown of Christchurch, New Zealand on October 19th Adam Ailabouni of Northfield, Minnesota on October 27th Jennifeer Hienton of Chicago, Illinois on October 31st Barry Wishon of Raleigh, North Carolina on November 7th Rodman Gilardi of Holland, Pennsylvania on November 18th Lisa Pronovost of Milwaukie, Oregon on November 20th Jason Young of Saxonburg, Pennsylvania on November 22nd Derek Long of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 22nd Donna Lutes of Cincinnati, Ohio on November 22nd Lance Nelson of Ashburn, Virginia on December 1st 2 Sam Johnston SAM JOHNSTON’S STREAK HITS 40 YEARS “MY HAPPY HIGHWAYS” By: Sam Johnston The 1970s Where was I when I started all of this healthful foolishness? The ‘70s saw nothing happening with me on the exercise front for the first five years. Then in 1975, I bought myself a pair of white Adidas sneakers that today would probably cripple a modern day runner, and I started running. I guess youth (33) saved me from getting myself into so much pain that I would take the easy way out and give it all up. I was living in Dallas at the time, and I ran rather sporadically sometimes taking off four or five days in between runs. In 1975, I moved to England and there, somewhat inspired by the strong British tradition of having excellent runners, I kept plugging away at it, but I was still taking huge intervals off between runs. Then, on a date that had no significance, 26 August 1977, I decided that I would try to run 100 days straight. Honestly, I did not expect to do it, but here I am writing this. So, what do you remember over the span of 40 years? Well, certainly that the late ‘70s were the coup d’envoi, the kickoff, of it all. 3 The 1980s The '80s found me beginning the decade living in northern Virginia near Washington DC. I don’t recall any particularly memorable running experiences there, but I do remember running on nice, cool autumn days and in a number of deep snows where you had to run in tire ruts for traction. I liked living there, and I had a number of five to seven mile loops that I ran. In 1983, I moved to the island of Terceira in the Azores, and the island had some very scenic places to run. I would sometimes run a loop out along the coast which was a slow descent into the town of Praia da Vitória. I would come back by a road that required me to redo that slow 365 foot descent I ran going out, by running back up a very short, steep hill where your nose almost rubbed the pavement. It was a very enjoyable two years. When I left the Azores, I moved to southern Virginia, the Hampton Roads area. While living there, I belonged to a local running club and that is also where I ran in my first half marathons, the annual Mulberry Island Half Marathon and the annual Colonial Half Marathon which was at that time held in Williamsburg, Virginia. I left the '80s with 13 years of streak running under my belt. The 1990s I was still running in southern Virginia until June 1991. In March of 1991, I ran my one and only marathon, the Shamrock Marathon, at Virginia Beach. Then in June, we moved to Korea. The first two and a half years we lived in Taegu, Korea’s fifth largest city. Just about a half mile from our apartment was a lake that was approximately a mile around. I would run down there from home in the mornings, and run four to five laps around the lake. There was a group of elderly Korean men who met there every morning to socialize and they would smile and cheer each time I did a lap. We lived our last two years in Seoul, and like all of Korea, at that time, the air quality was terrible. We often joked that if you were running and felt the need for more oxygen, you could just grab a handful of air and chew the oxygen out of it for an added boost. I retired from my job in November 1995, and we left Korea and moved to Naples, Florida. At that time, the whole state of Florida had the same population as Seoul, Korea. However, the air was suddenly sweet again and the running was great. I ran in the last four Naples Half Marathons of the decade, and my wife and I ran in three Seven Mile Bridge Runs in the Florida Keys held on Marathon Key. A very nice decade. The 2000s I ran in six more Naples Half Marathons before deciding I did not want to run in it any longer. The 2006 race would be my last one. My daughter, who lives in New Hampshire, decided to fly down and run it with me. My wife and I noticed there was something different about her, a glow maybe. She finally confessed that after six years of marriage she was pregnant, and so both she and our first granddaughter ran the race with me. That made my last organized race a very joyful event.

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