"The elation lasted a long time and I only slept for one hour that night!"
By Anendre Singh, TODAY
It took a sub-4 minute Mile for Eric Speakman to race into the record book of athletics in New Zealand but there was no stopping his mind and body long after that night.
"The elation lasted a...
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"To finally do it is just an incredible feeling. When you look up on the scoreboard and you see your name and you see the time you did, it becomes real.”
By Bob Birge, The Hour
When Henry Wynne was winning cross country and track championships at Staples, Wreckers’ coach Laddie Lawrence...
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“Alan Webb is the first guy I looked up to as a runner. To know he was the first one to break four (indoors) -- and I hope to do it this year -- is special.”
From Armory Track
Drew Hunter, of Purcellville, Va., has his sights set on becoming the second high school boy to break the 4-minute...
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This was only a few years after Roger Bannister became the first to beat the 4 minute Mile, and running had captured the nation's attention.
By Philip Bump, The Washington Post
Judges at the high school cross-country competition in the Bronx's Van Cortlandt Park had a problem.
Joe and...
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Return the Mile to prominence on the American & worldwide sports and cultural landscape by elevating and celebrating the Mile to create a movement.
ELEVATE
Bring Back the Mile as the premier event in the sport, and increase interest in and media coverage of the Mile for both those who love the distance as well as the general public.
CELEBRATE
Bring Back the Mile to celebrate the storied distance and to recognize the people who made and make the Mile great and to promote Mile events and the next generation of U.S. Milers.
NATIONAL MOVEMENT
Bring Back the Mile to create a national movement for the Mile as America’s Distance, to inspire Americans to run the Mile as part of their fitness program and to replace the 1600 meters at High School State Track & Field Meets across the country.
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