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1975 -- present miami beach , florida , us robert raven kraft 17 october 1950 miami beach , florida , us robertravenkraft & flapjack.jpg robert raven kraft
 robert raven kraft
robert raven kraft

robert `` raven '' kraft -lrb- born 1950 -rrb- is a streak runner and country songwriter living in miami beach , florida , u.s.a. raven has run on the sand of miami beach every single day since january 1 , 1975 .
in the summer , raven begins his daily eight-mile run shortly after 5:00 p.m. .
in the winter , the run begins shortly after 4:00 p.m. every day , the run starts and ends at the 5th street lifeguard stand .
raven alternates among four routes named `` back-and-forth north , '' `` back-and-forth south , '' `` 35th street '' and `` 47th street . ''
in addition to starting and ending at the same lifeguard stand on 5th street , all four routes include at least one visit to the pier on the southern tip of south beach .
raven follows his daily run with an approximately 1/3 mile swim in the atlantic ocean .
every day , a different group of runners joins raven for the run and to share stories about life in south florida .
runners who run all eight miles on one of raven 's daily runs earn a nickname from raven himself .
raven catalogs all such runners -lrb- more than 2100 as of this writing -rrb- by number of runs , partial runs and swims completed .
currently , a runner nicknamed `` gringo '' has completed the most eight-mile runs with raven .
runners `` angry man '' and `` sailor '' are not far behind .
raven 's 40-year daily running streak has earned him local , national , and international press coverage , including an article in runner 's world magazine , a profile on the national public radio show weekend edition , the wall street journal , a cover story in southwest airlines in-flight magazine as well as a short feature on sportscenter .
