Mile News


World class field expected for Sunday’s first Michigan Track Classic

August 08, 2014

Prize purse of $24,000 on the line for The Running Institute Ron Warhurst Mile and women's 800 meters in Saline

By Justin P. Hicks, mlive.com

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Nick Willis dreams big. He also knows how to finish.

The silver medal-winning Olympian and University of Michigan alumnus...

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Crazy Running: A 15 Year Journey to 4 Minutes

August 07, 2014

With 1,000 fans screaming, clapping, and slamming their hands on the track, yelling "GET IT, GET IT, GET IT!"

By Donnie Cowart

The Early Years
I can trace my thoughts about a sub-4 minute Mile all the way back to middle school. Just starting my running career, I had no idea the challenge and...

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Mile Moment of the Month: The Mile of the Century – Bannister vs. Landy 1954

August 07, 2014

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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Runners inspired by Miracle Mile

August 06, 2014

“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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