…and in hindsight, was it beneficial?
Like 50. I didn’t get injured, and I got faster. I didn’t run a single mile faster than 6:45 in that span though.
me too many to count but was it beneficial, probably not but I enjoyed it a lot.
other people Ron Hill ran eveyday from 1964 think he is still going.
117 and I dropped 1:30 off my 5k time and almost 3’ off my 10k time. All easy running outside of races.
Over 400 days in a row once, over a decade ago…then a military deployment stopped it dead in its tracks.
It wasn’t about being beneficial or not. It was simply about the joy of running. But I can say that I did some of my best running around that time.
I have been running for 35 years (now 48 yo) with a recent 1:26 half to my credit (on two days a week of running during IMLP training). I have never run more than 5 days a row in my life, even when I ran a sub 3 marathon at age 35. Ironically, given the nature of your post, I have just embarked on a planned stretch of 35 straight days just to see if I can do it. Will let you know how it goes as the 35th day is another half marathon. (not swimming or biking in this stretch, however).
I ran 550 days in a row from when we got our new college cc coach and my first day off was after my first marathon. It was dumb. I made myself run through injuries and being tired, when a day off would have been much better. But another of my cc coaches just passed 5000 days in a row and it seems to work for him. But in my opinion it gets a little to obsessive and, while keeping you motivated to get out running, it can hurt your performance if you’re so focused on “that next day”, when you’d be better off taking a break.
over 1000…probably, ran a 2:48 and 35 min 10k
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21:30 5K and about 42-44 10K
Would love to run more, but I always come up with excuses.
I ran 866 days in a row starting on Dec 1, 2007 with the 100 runs in 100 days challenge and kept going till April 14, 2010 when I turned 50. April 15, 2010 was a very stressful day for me. On the other hand on April 16, 2010 I felt a sense of relief that the streak was over.
I was in the 100 day challenge and quit due to knee injury.
I enjoy seeing what my limits are so in that sense it was beneficial, but it did not result in PRs so effectively it was a net negative.
The big benefit is that I found that 6 days a week running is all my body can handle.
Hmmmmm 2 and counting right now. * dont think I have ever ran more than 7 days in a row.*
maybe 5 days. it’s more important to be consistent week to week, month to month, year to year. you’ll see gains.
10 or so. Part of marathon plan when I was attempting a sub-3 run. Unfortunately I got the flu the week of the race so didn’t get to go for the time.
18:22 5k and 1:24:08 half marathon as a reference. I usually ran 5 - 6 and then a day off even when I was in peak running shape - for me.
Around 2200 days, i.e., 6+ years. Inspired by Ron Hill, who at the time that I started was at 18 years (and he wasn’t just running every day, he was running 13 times per week).
More recently, I ran about 130 days in a row, until I took a couple of days off last week because of a (small) foot injury.
Did it help? The 6-year stretch had pros and cons. I definitely got better as a runner, but hard to gauge the effects, as it was in my late teens and much else was changing. Went from 2:20 to 1:58 over 800m in that time. It was good to never have to decide to run on any particular day. It was not so good in the way that it became a bit of an obsession. When the streak got so long it was hard to break it, even when that would have been more prudent.
More recently, I think that the shorter run-every-day streak helped a lot. I ran consistently steady, using a rough approximation of a BarryP regime, as part of a return from knee injury. It helped me to get stronger, made each individual run less stressful on the aging body. Mileage built from ~15 mpw at the start to high 40s most recently. Set a lifetime HM PR a couple of days ago in 1:24, despite no speedwork in almost a year. I would certainly continue running every day. But I would build in a day off every so often, just to ensure that the streak doesn’t become the tail that wags the dog.
There’s a guy that works at our local run store. Not sure his story other than being mid-20’s and running in college. He is going on 8 years with no less than 1 mile/day. I have only known him a short time, but he has maintained it through some sickness and injuries since I’ve met him.
I can see consecutive days keeping the motivation high, but I know I have had days where running would have worsened an injury or delayed my recovery.
I still think anyone running over 365 days straight gets some extra cool points thrown their way.
My current run streak is 293 days in a row. I just PR’d a marathon this past Sunday by 11:24. It was my 9th marathon and I am 46 years old. So the running streak didn’t seem to hurt 
Oh and my 30 minute recovery run/job yesterday was quite interesting but the streak continues
Never more than 8 days in a row. I’ve run two 1:19 half marathons off of 20-25 mile/week run training after a full season of Xterra triathlons. More mileage on the run is a very individual thing. If you have the physical capacity to do it and not get injured, more power to you. But if you have to watch the run miles to prevent injury, you can get quite fast on the run with targeted intervals and a decent long run each week while using the swim and bike to supplement.
…and in hindsight, was it beneficial?
Dumbest thing I ever did…100 day run challenge in 2009 with a bunch of other STers from about Christmas to early April.
I ran everyday at least 4 miles with a pace of at least 8 min/mile for a 100 days straight…totalling 1,000 km (about 600 miles).
This completely derailed my race season. Legs were fried, bike never got going and swimming didn’t.
I find my running is far stronger and faster with 4-5 runs per week…my body needs recovery days.
Ran 7 years 10 months daily with no days off between 1978 and 1985. Went from being 50 lbs overweight to running a ultras & doing Ironman in 1981 & '82 (x2) & '85. I think it was beneficial and am still running although not everyday.