Fox Peterson started out as a Tae Kwon Do competitor, but found running her Senior year of High School, where she quickly rose up through the ranks (shin splints be damned). Fox went on to race to personal bests of 16:07 for 5000 meters and 1:17 in the Half Marathon. She is now a PhD candidate at Oregon State University and is a personal fitness & nutrition coach through her website, The Carnivore Runner.

A "Gatorade" energy bar, two cans of “energy fuel”, and Advil propelled me through the...

Sports Illustrated's Senior Writer, Tim Layden, submitted his most "Memorable Mile" on SI.com. Layden, who joined the magazine in March 1994, primarily writes about the NFL, Olympic sports (chiefly track & field in the summer and alpine skiing in the winter) and horse racing, but has written about a wide variety of subjects for the publication and for SI.com. 

All the miles were important back then. The ones accumulated as part of long runs. The ones built through intervals. Early in the...

In 1972 Rick Schnittker was a member of the storied Bowling Green State University (BGSU) distance squad, which included the likes of Dave Wottle, Sid Sink and Jim Ferstle. Rick tells the story of his sub-4 that got away, shared and felt by so many others around the world. The sub-4 is magical, but so are the stories of all those who chased down the dream, but came up seconds short. To learn more about the BGSU squad, we highly recommend Ferstle's The Age of Innocence: The 1972 Olympics, Dave...

Rick Bayko at the 2010 High Street
Mile (Newbury, MA) where he
slugged out a 5:33 at the age of 62!

In 1968 Rick Bayko was a young military draftee at Ft. Dix in New Jersey. Disappointed with an easier physical training regime than expected he found solace in the Mile... 

My most memorable mile wasn't the first, last, fastest or slowest mile I ever did.  It was done at Ft. Dix NJ in April of 1968 in Army fatigues and combat boots.  When I was a reluctant draftee I was...