Mile News


Past champions, rising stars headline USA Mile Road Championship

August 21, 2020

Drake Blue Oval Showcase presented by Mediacom hosts title tilt with stadium finish; $10,000 prize purse

From Drake Relays

Despite a four-month postponement, Des Moines will reprise its role as the host of the USA Track & Field 1 Mile Road Championship when the nation's best Milers compete...

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Remembering a special world record night at Belfield, 35 years on

August 17, 2020

Four of Ireland’s greats joined forces to shatter 4 x 1 Mile relay record and raise money for Ethiopia that magic August evening

By Ian O’Riordan, The Irish Times

The idea was to stage some sort of world record attempt on the grass track and raise a few quid towards the famine in Ethiopia....

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Rebecca Mehra receives USATF Foundation Adopt-an-Athlete grant

August 16, 2020

“I am very grateful to the USATF Foundation for this opportunity, and all that they do to support elite athletes in our sport."

From USATF Foundation

PITTSBURGH – The USATF Foundation has announced the newest member of the Adopt-an-Athlete grant program, 1500m / Mile runner – Rebecca Mehra....

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Lynn Rathjen, 75, Just Broke Six Minutes in the Mile

August 14, 2020

“When you see people in this age group, when you get into the 60s and 70s, there’s more camaraderie than there is competition.”

By Sarah Lorge Butler, Runner's World

Lynn Rathjen, a high school cross country coach and retired physical therapist in Grand Island, Nebraska, has been running...

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