Mile News


The Legacy of Joan Benoit Samuelson’s Olympic Marathon Win

August 05, 2014

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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Willis looks ahead to Mile after Commonwealth Games bronze medal

August 05, 2014

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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Ford Palmer leads three under 4 minutes at inaugural Sir Walter Miler

August 04, 2014

Heidi Gregson clocks 4:34.05, the fastest women's time in North Carolina history

By Pat Price

RALEIGH, N.C. – On Friday night, August 1st, nearly 1,000 spectators lined the Meredith College track and stood atop the grass embankment to watch New Jersey-New York Track Club’s Ford Palmer run the...

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Acosta runs first sub-4-minute Mile in Spokane

August 03, 2014

"I felt really strong with a lap to go – and had some money in the bank for when I tied up a little in the last 200.”

By John Blanchette, Spokesman-Review

AJ Acosta bills himself as the “world’s fastest barista,” but it’s not because he’s breaking any records whipping up grande caramel...

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