STREAK RUNNERS INTERNATIONAL UNITED STATES RUNNING STREAK ASSOCIATION THE STREAK REGISTRY RONALD KMIEC COMPLETES 44th CONSECUTIVE BOSTON MARATHON; FOUNDER OF BOSTON’S QUARTER CENTURY CLUB Ronald Kmiec VOLUME SEVENTEEN NUMBER TWO SUMMER 2017 THE STREAK REGISTRY Summer 2017 – 66th ISSUE Dawn Strumsky Mark Washburne Karl Olson p. 48 John Strumsky President Eryn Sinclair p. 49 Founders Emeritus Mendham, New Jersey Rick Decker p. 49 Millersville, Maryland Travis Wheeler p. 49 Steve Morrow Bill Benton p. 49 George A. Hancock Vice President, Webmaster Stuart Ainsworth p. 50 Honorary Founder Eagle Lake, Minnesota Kevin Duban p. 51 Windber, Pennsylvania Martin Knight p. 51 Table of Contents Wesley Burnett p. 51 Robert C. Ray Mark Sirois p. 52 Chairperson Emeritus Streaking Anniv. p. 2 Victor Thompson p. 52 Baltimore, Maryland Tom Barry p. 52 Brian Casey p. 3 Tim Bailey p. 52 Julie Maxwell Tim Woodbridge p. 5 Chulwon Park p. 53 Chair Retired Female Stephanie Hall p. 54 Kasson, Minnesota Quarter Century Club Fran Garrow p. 54 By: Ronald Kmiec p. 7 Chris Kato p. 55 Mark Covert Chris Buchheit p. 55 Chair Retired Male Dave McGillivray p. 9 Diane Bryant p. 56 Lancaster, California Ricky Bryant p. 56 Boston/Berlin Marathons John Mayan p. 56 Barbara S. Latta By: Roger Urbancsik p. 18 Elizabeth Saucedo p. 57 Chair Active Female Michael Jones p. 57 Raleigh, North Carolina Traversing the Tundra Tom Blennerhassett p. 58 By: Steve DeBoer p. 31 Paula Adams p. 58 Jon Sutherland Mairead Blennerhassett p. 59 Chair Active Male Running with Raven John Wood p. 59 West Hills, California By: Laura Lee Huttenback p. 37 Nancy Petrosino p. 59 Brian Beerman p. 59 Diane Washburne Member Updates: Keziah Wilde p. 60 Treasurer Valerie Moore p. 60 Mendham, New Jersey John Wood p. 40 Adam Shaw p. 61 Todd Vitols p. 40 Craig Whitfield p. 61 Mike Johnson Jeff Gould p. 41 Michael Myers p. 62 Assistant Webmaster Vicky Douglas p. 41 Lucas Henderson p. 62 Daphne, Alabama Julie Maxwell p. 41 Tom Allen p. 62 Brent Burmaster p.41 Grant Nelson p. 63 John I. Watts Cathy Vitols p. 42 Jayson Meyer p. 64 Chaplain Eric Jackson p. 42 Brian Daniels p. 64 Nampa, Idaho Jim Behr p. 42 Brian Funk p. 65 Josh McCleary p. 42 Travis English p. 65 Stephen W. DeBoer Adam Marcus p. 42 Tom Whitely p. 66 Board Member Jennifer Meyer p. 43 Tiffany Lambert p. 66 Rochester, Minnesota Bridgett Petzoldt p. 43 Chris Kartschoke p. 66 Keith Decker p. 43 Falamack Zaltash p. 66 Geza Feld Tony Kelly p. 43 Robert Maluszek p. 67 Board Member Duncan Cameron p. 43 Farmingdale, New York William Middlebrook p. 44 USA Active p. 69 Rick Larson p. 44 Int’l Active p. 86 Robert R. Kraft Amy Jensen p. 45 USA Retired p. 88 Board Member Robyn Clevenger p. 45 Int’l Retired p. 100 Miami Beach, Florida Jack Ankrum p. 46 Ron Shealy p. 46 SRI/USRSA Online p. 101 Kenneth C. Young Huy Nguyen p. 47 Board Member Rodney Walker p. 48 The Finish Line Petrolia, California John Tillman p. 48 By: Mark Washburne p. 102 1 STREAKING ANNIVERSARIES From The Grand Masters to The Legends (40th anniversary) William Benton of Farmington Hills, Michigan on April 23rd Brian Casey of Paramus, New Jersey on May 9th From The Masters to The Grand Masters (35th anniversary) John Tillman, Jr., of Palm Coast, Florida on March 5th From The Dominators to The Masters (30th anniversary) Timothy Bailey of Owingsville, Kentucky on May 17th From The Well Versed to The Highly Skilled (20th anniversary) Tom Barry of Decatur, Georgia on April 30th Troy Coppus of Evansville, Indiana on May 19th From The Experienced to The Well Versed (15th anniversary) Ralph Edwards of Des Moines, Iowa on April 7th Drew Rogers of Gainesville, Georgia on April 8th Karl Olson of San Francisco, California on April 12th From The Proficient to The Experienced (10th anniversary) Paul Wichmann of Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 5th Grant Nelson of Denver, Colorado on March 17th David Kissel of Lake Bluff, Illinois on March 18th Denise Eberhardt of Yorkville, Illinois on May 4th From The Neophytes to The Proficient (5th anniversary) Julie Maxwell of Rochester, Minnesota on March 4th Brian Caniglia of Phoenix, Arizona on April 2nd Christopher George of Mobile, Alabama on April 27th Lindsay Bilisoly of Norfolk, Virginia on May 1st Samuel Cahn of Long Beach, California on May 13th Keziah Wilde of Arlington, Massachusetts on May 13th Michael Cohoon of Lake View, New York of May 16th Brian Baker of Seattle, Washington on May 25th Michael Marcus of Newtown, Pennsylvania on May 25th Jillian Farland of Phoenix, Arizona on May 26th Travis Farland of Phoenix, Arizona on May 26th Maureen Smith of Mount Prospect, Illinois on May 28th Chris May on Snohomish, Washington on May 29th 2 Brian Casey BRIAN CASEY’S STREAK HITS 40 YEARS Let the record show that at 5:48am on May 9, 2017 I officially reached the 40 year mark of my running streak. I humbly moved into the Legend category of the USRSA. Unlike many of the Runners in the USRSA, I do not have an impressive running background or portfolio. 3 I was never part of a Track or Cross Country team, never won a race, never posted a great time. I just ran….for 40 years. When I was asked to send an article to the USRSA, I was going to keep it very short. “40 years completed…still running”…… But, as I thought about it, that would not be fair. It would not be fair to all the people that my running streak touched over 4 decades. While I ran mostly by myself – I was never alone. I have a great wife and 4 children (now adults) who were always supportive. In fact, my Streak would have ended in May of ’84 had my wife (Fiancé at the time) not laced my sneakers when I had a back problem. Although running was “my deal” and something that “Dad did,” I am now keenly aware that my running streak was not unnoticed. It was not anonymous. In this day of instant everything there is something good about commitment. It is a good thing to persist, grind, work through the tough times. Adversity reveals character. I believe that is the lasting story of my accomplishment. I received some congratulations today and it brought back some funny and sad stories that 40 years offer. • Being escorted home by the local police as I went for a run in the middle of a 36 inch Blizzard. • Youthful bet of running from Bergen County NJ to Belmar at the Jersey shore. • September 11, 2001 – running home from my office in NYC because the Bridges and Tunnels were closed. To my wife Kathy – Thank you for being there through it all. To my children Jennifer, Shannon, Ryan and Sean – you have never known a day that I did not run. Thank you for being patient. To the USRSA – Thank you for letting me join the Club! Cumulative Mileage 90,228.1. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ “In running, it doesn’t matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack or last. You can say, ‘I have finished.’ There is a lot of satisfaction in that.” - Fred LeBow (1932-1994), founder of the New York City Marathon. 4 Tim Woodbridge TIM WOODBRIDGE’S STREAK HITS 39 YEARS By: Tim Woodbridge Allentown, Pennsylvania Thanks for the 39th anniversary wishes from the USRSA! Always look forward to that each year – as well as the chance to write about some of the events of the last year! I was really sorry to hear about Ron Hill breaking his streak – it makes you appreciate your own streak as you see those ahead of you sometimes have to stop. My comment always used to be when people asked “will it bother you to break your streak?” – I would immediately say – “nope – because they will be closing the lid on my casket – so I really won’t care at that point…” Well, the last few years as several of the guys that I have known for a long time – had to say they just couldn’t keep going – you realize that the “streak” isn’t necessarily up to you! That said – as I read about the Mark Covert and Ron Hill of our group – you do come to that realization – that you were blessed to be able to do what you did – for as long as you did – and really just enjoy the accomplishment! 5 I have to admit – I really enjoy the Facebook page and all of the new runners that are starting up their streaks; hitting that 1st year; earning their comma’s; etc. – It just makes you smile and root for everyone – not that it is for everyone – but it is a very inspiring thing! I have mentioned that last couple of years – I’ve had to “re-behave” in terms of training regimen due to some arthritis in my knees! So only ran 810 miles this last year (total streak miles of 78,437) – but spent almost 3000 minutes in the running pool at my gym (30 meter pool with 4 ft. of water with 8 lanes to run laps in). Not a real exciting workout - but this type of training still allows me to get out and run a few races… I joined a “Bootcamp” Group, which meets on Saturdays at 6 a.m. – did it as a bit of a challenge (the director wanted an “old guy” to join the group… that comment hurt a bit tho!) - as the director has a bunch of 30-40 year olds complaining about the workouts – he figured if I could just finish – they’d have to shut up… So I went – and I did finish the course that morning – just barely though… (I actually asked my wife if she could brush my teeth the next morning as I couldn’t lift the toothbrush…) I’ve been doing this now for 3 months – and I do have to modify some parts of the workout – but I have to admit – it has been a real good addition to my workout even though there is very little running… We all have nick-names and avatars – so naturally mine is “Streaker”… Haven’t done upper body or core workouts in 30 years – highly recommend it – assuming you have an director than understands jumping over fences etc.