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Monday, July 01, 2013

Denis McCarthy's record running streak comes to an end after 28 years...

According to the US Running Streak Association, the official definition of a running streak is as follows...."To run at least one continuous mile (1.61 kilometers) within each calendar day under one's own body power without the utilization of any type of health or mechanical aid".

In Ireland, it is widely recogised that the person with the longest continuous running streak is Denis McCarthy of East Cork AC.

Having started on the 5th of June 1985, Denis has run at least one mile per day up until the 10th of June 2013 when a bad fall resulted in a fracture to a bone in his leg. That makes a total of 28 years and 4 days without a break, an incredible 10,232 days of running.

(Photo courtesy of Doug Minihane)
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous1/7/13 11:17 am

    that is an amazing stat,well done denis,i don,t think that record will ever be beaten, top man congrats again.

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  2. Anonymous1/7/13 2:56 pm

    Nicest fella you could meet- hard luck Denis- keep going

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  3. Anonymous1/7/13 7:11 pm

    The gentleman of athletics,speedy recovery fella.

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  4. Anonymous1/7/13 8:41 pm

    Well done denis, a well earned rest now and we'll see ya back at what you love doing very shortly. j

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  5. Anonymous2/7/13 8:51 am

    Well done Denis and its hard too keep a good man down. Back out on the road last week for the Shanagarry 5 to keep up his record of having run all the ballycotton series. Even on one leg its hard too stop you. Legend

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  6. Anonymous5/7/13 4:55 pm

    time to start the new streak Denis.....fair play

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  7. Anonymous17/7/13 9:06 am

    Well done + hope the recovery is fast. There was an article about Denis in last Monday's Irish Examiner (page 8)

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