Mile News


Inaugural Kansas Road Mile Draws Top Field

November 06, 2014

Americans Ben Blankenship, Frezer Legesse & Kristen Findley and 2009 World 1500m champion Yusuf Kamel expected in Wichita on Sunday, November 9

WICHITA, Kan. – The inaugural Kansas Road Mile Championship has drawn a top field including 2009 World 1500m champion Yusuf Kamel of Bahrain and top...

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Jenny Simpson’s European “masterpiece”

November 04, 2014

"I love art. It is my second greatest love after running. Artists' desire to express themselves — those people and what they sacrifice for their art. It is similar to what I do in my sport."

By Mike Sandrock for the Boulder Daily Camera

When Jenny Simpson won the 1500 meters at the Diamond...

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Mile Moment of the Month: 50 years ago Peter Snell sets rare world record

November 03, 2014

“The first half Mile was, I felt, too fast, but I was carried along by the whole atmosphere and excitement... I struggled along to the three-quarter mark, and from then on I was hanging on desperately.”

By Bring Back the Mile

Like October, which also has few top racing opportunities, the...

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A Record That Wasn’t

November 01, 2014

Cunningham had run the race of his life and knocked two full seconds off the outdoor Mile world record and four seconds off his own indoor record!

By Peter Webster '71, Dartmouth Alumni Magazine

In the 1930s, when American sports fans desperately needed something to cheer about, Glenn...

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