Mile Moment of the Month: Rare World Record Set in October

On that windless fall day in the City of Lights, Jules Ladoumègue was so anxious that he false started!

By Bring Back the Mile

October is a slow month for the Mile as the year’s racing season is virtually all done by the end of summer, and thus, over the past 125-plus years, only a few U.S....

Life Outside the Oval Office: The Track Less Traveled

I imagined people laughing at me and asking how I could be so good at the Mile in PE class, but so bad at cross country running. - Nick Symmonds

Talent, a sporting idol, or pushy parents could all be reasons for someone to take up track and field. Not for 2013 World 800m silver medalist Nick...

Mile run revival set for South Africa

"The moment Roger Banister ran that revered sub-4 minute Mile he created an event which is iconic, classic and timeless," said Born 2 Run Director Trad Cruickshank.

By The Associated Press

Reigniting a love for athletics in South Africa and remembering a golden era gone by, Puma and Born 2...

The 4 minute Mile: How the Daily Express reported it 60 years ago

One of the greatest feats ever achieved by a British athlete almost never took place...

By Dominic Midgley, Daily Express

It was the behavior of a Cross of St. George flag flying on the steeple of St. John's Church near the Iffley Road track in Oxford on Thursday, May 6, 1954 that persuaded...