To go fast, you must plan ahead
By Michael Overall, Tulsa World
With the starter pistol still echoing through the Oxford stadium, Cambridge runner Chris Brasher jumped to an early lead, but he had no intention of winning the race.
A 25-year-old medical student, Roger Bannister, followed...
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Sebastian Coe has been voted the greatest ever Supermiler by readers of Athletics Weekly.
By Jessica Whittington, Athletics Weekly
In a poll run to coincide with the 60th anniversary of Roger Bannister’s first ever sub-4 minute Mile on May 6, Sebastian Coe received an impressive 40% of the...
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Roger Bannister was credited with being the first person to run a Mile in under four minutes - but 18th Century runners are reported to have got there first. Why are they not recognised?
By James Fletcher, BBC
It was 9 May, 1770 when James Parrott, a costermonger, stood at the Charterhouse...
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#1 and #2 in U.S. at 1500m to meet in Dream Mile on June 14
NEW YORK - Elise Cranny and Alexa Efraimson will go head to head at the adidas Grand Prix on June 14 in the biggest matchup the adidas Girls’ Dream Mile has seen since it began in 2010, organizers have announced.
Tickets for the...
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