“Where do you stop, after all, with the brain? How does it function? What are its limits?” - Sir Roger Bannister
By Ian O'Riordan, Irish Times
Frank Murphy doesn’t run anymore, except in the near distance of his long and perfect memory. Because even at age 67 he can recall every single one of...
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For many, myself included, the now-retired test evokes dread. V-sits. Pull-ups. The Mile run.
By Elissa Nadworny, NPR
For this series, we've been thinking a lot about the iconic tools that some of us remember using — if only for a short time — in our early schooling. Things like the slide...
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A time of Thanksgiving and ahead more wishes fulfilled for the storied distance
By David Monico, Bring Back the Mile
There are many things to be thankful for this week, but we couldn’t have been more thrilled to see last week that the Mile was included in the list of qualifying events for the...
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"I outgrew them, I outlived them. I had no competition there so I started looking at the world records and I thought 'Maybe I can do that.'"
By Mia Watkins, AL.com
Runners at CrossPoint's Church's 13th annual 5K gathered around post-race to listen to the wise words of a special guest,...
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