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HOKA ONE ONE Title Sponsor of USATF Middle Distance Classic

December 02, 2014

Shoe company and Bring Back the Mile sponsor takes major role in May meet at Occidental College.

By Peter Gambaccini, Runner's World

The USATF High Performance Distance Classic track meet at Occidental College in California is now the HOKA ONE ONE Middle Distance Classic. The new title...

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Sebastian Coe: next IAAF President?

December 01, 2014

Mile legend and two-time Olympic 1500m champion: "Throughout all my sporting roles I have always put the interest of athletics first and been independent enough to do the right thing for our sport."

By Duncan Mackay, InsideTheGames.biz

Sebastian Coe has officially confirmed that he is to...

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Irish Mile legend & Olympian Frank Murphy and the price of pushing pain barriers

November 30, 2014

“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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Tools of the Trade: The Presidential Physical Fitness Test

November 28, 2014

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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