80-year-old woman does a 5K every day and hits 1,000 day streak

The woman started during the pandemic and has been doing a 5k walk or run every dayWhen the pandemic hit and people were forced to stay home, Mae Dean Erb from Blackgum, Oklahoma, wasn’t going to let it bring her down. 

A It’s just something you should do for yourself and your family, and when you have a 4-year-old grandson, you want to stay young enough to pick him up and run with him and catch him if he’s going in the wrong direction.” 

She decided that she would walk or run a 5k every day for a total of one-hundred days. So, every day, Erb ran or walked a 5k. And now, years later, Mae Dean Erb has created a new habit which caused her to hit a 1,000 day streak. Erb’s daughter, Julie Erb-Alvarez, told GNN: “I don’t know how she managed to do a 5K walk or run every single day for the last 1,000 days but she did.”

Erb doesn’t just walk by herself. She is often accompanied by friends who walk or run 5k with her. Her daughter says that Erb is an inspiration to herself and the community of Blackgum. She told the news channel: “Her milestone was celebrated by a gathering of friends and family – even some virtually. She is our hero.”