By Kelsey Fletcher, Auckland Now
Almost 30 years after running its last race, Auckland's Queen St Golden Mile is back.
The central city run is being reinstated next year by the John Walker Find Your Field of Dreams Foundation.
But in a twist it will be open to professional athletes,...
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By Down the Backstretch
When Ben Blankenship, who has clocked a 3:54 Mile, looks out the window of the "house on the hill" in Eugene, that he shares with Hassan Mead, he sees "the cathedral," Hayward Field at the University of Oregon. It has become one of the training sites Blankenship will...
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Outstanding, compelling hour-plus video covers the eleven world record holders of the Mile from Bannister to Coe
By Bring Back the Mile
The Super Milers documentary from Great Britain’s Channel 4 is entertaining and simply riveting. The hour-plus video covers the eleven world record holders...
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Runner started at Lincoln High, went to UO, then all the way to the Olympics
By Gary Henley, The Daily Astorian
GEARHART, Ore. — He’s the North Coast’s own running legend.
And while Jim Grelle takes as much pleasure nowadays playing and talking about golf, he still loves reminiscing about...
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