I crossed the total lifetime running mileage threshold of 100,000 miles in September, 2021. My fourth streak started on March 1, 2023. (none of those injuries were experienced while running). The third streak lasted 4.5 years and was broken due to a quadruple bypass heart operation in January, 2023. The 2 nd streak lasted 10.5 years and was broken due to ruptured 元-L4-L5 disks. The first lasted 25.5 years and was broken due to a hip impingement. I am now in my 4 th running streak since 8/1/81. I now participate in one race a year….the 4 th of July 5K we sponsor at our summer cabin in Wisconsin. In retrospect, some time off probably would have been beneficial. Small nagging injuries contributed to a decline in performance, along with not wanting to break my streak running. Masters Duathletes by Triathlete Magazine. That year I finished 6 th at the Coors Light National Biathlon Championship in the Masters classification and was rated in the top 10 U.S. I also continued to get faster on the run and on the bike. When I moved back to Denver in 1988, I started cycling seriously in preparation to be a competitive Master’s Biathlete (later name changed to Duathlete). In 1988, I ran my last and fastest marathon at Twin Cities (2:40:46). While in Minneapolis, I was a sponsored member of Steve Hoag’s Marathon Sports Racing Team (1986-87). I started “streak running” on 8/1/81, and was number 19 on George Hancock’s original list. Having moved from Lincoln to Omaha to Denver to Minneapolis I found running communities in each of those locations. For the next ten years I would run 1 or 2 marathons a year and several shorter races. On the fifth day I drove to downtown Lincoln to the Pheidippides store and bought a pair of running shoes in hopes of relieving the shin splints caused by the Nike Blazer high top basketball shoes I was running in.Īfter running in an organized race, I found I could be successful in age group competition. In 1978 while living in Lincoln, Nebraska, my wife convinced me to go out for a run with her. I did not pursue collegiate sports, but continued to be involved in recreational leagues. I did not run other than as “punishment” associated with the athletic teams. Growing up in northern Wisconsin, I was a good athlete (captain of the football, basketball, and baseball teams).
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