Mike Rauh just ran his 43rd New York City Marathon and is part of a special group of runners that have completed at least 15 New York City Marathons, joining over 1,000 others who have done just that.īut he’s part of an even more elite group of marathon runners that includes over 150 runners called Streakers that have completed 15 consecutive New York City Marathons or more.Īnd among that group, only 4 other people have completed more than Rauh in the marathon’s 51 years and an honor he shares with four other runners who are tied with him at 43 completed.īut despite such an outstanding and prestigious recognition and record out of hundreds of thousands of participants of the New York City Marathon during the more than half a century that it has been in existence, you’d never know given his humble nature that was very apparent when we interviewed him over the phone last year.īorn in Ridgewood, Queens, Mark Rauh has been living on City Island for over 50 years since a fateful Thanksgiving when he drove a woman home to the famous, Bronx seaside community on the Long Island Sound.
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