De WSJ.com:

News flash: Last Friday 68-year-old Bob Ray didn't go running.

Big whoop -- lots of us didn't go running. Except here's the thing: Before that, the last day Mr. Ray hadn't gone for a run was April 3, 1967. That's 13,885 days and 100,000 miles -- all logged by Mr. Ray in seven hardbound ledgers.

In the Baltimore Sun, Mike Klingaman discusses the streak and its end, including some memories, of which this is the Fix's favorite: "In 1987, he was pursued by thugs near Northern High School who were after his watch. 'I saw seven of them coming and picked up the pace,' said Ray. 'They kept dropping off until there was just one guy, maybe 6 feet behind me, who sounded like he was going into oxygen debt. I shouted, "Unless you can do this for 26 miles, you might want to give up."