First time two men go sub-4 minutes in the same Mile race
By Bring Back the Mile
Sixty years ago, on Saturday, August 7, at the 1954 British Empire & Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada, the world’s two best Milers, England’s Roger Bannister, the first man to run a sub-4 minute Mile, and...
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“We read books on Landy and Bannister and knew of the B.C. runners who’d (run the Mile in under 4 minutes) in the past. When the hype becomes that engrained in you, you want to be part of that.” - Graeme Wells
By Don Fennell, Richmond Review
It was thought to be impossible.
No human, they...
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Thirty years ago today, she won the first women's Olympic Marathon.
By Roger Robinson, Runner's World
A hush fell as the stadium's giant screens showed her entering the tunnel. For a few seconds she was invisible to the waiting crowd, and to the world at their televisions. Then she ran out of...
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2008 Olympic 1500m silver medalist will have another crack at John Walker's national record of 3:49.08 in Michigan at a meet that he and wife Sierra direct.
By David Leggat, New Zealand Herald
Nick Willis will be back racing the Mile next weekend, aiming to put the frustration of his...
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