Mile News


New Documentary Celebrates 60th Anniversary of Roger Bannister’s Four Minute Mile

March 28, 2014

KIMbia Athletics aims to crowdfund definitive account of historic race

By KIMbia Athletics

Sixty years have passed since “The Greatest Sporting Achievement of the 20th Century” as named by Sports Illustrated and ForbesSir Roger Bannister running the first Mile under 4 minutes. To celebrate...

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Track veteran Lagat ready to hit the road

March 28, 2014

Two-time Olympic medalist ready to run in ‘World’s Fastest 5K’

By Kristian Ibarra, San Diego Union-Tribune

He ran in the Olympics, earning silver and bronze 1500m medals. He won gold at the World Championships.

Now, for the first time in his storied track & field career, Bernard Lagat...

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5 Minutes with Coby Horowitz

March 27, 2014

2014 NCAA Division III indoor Mile champion talks about a career that has led him to the brink of a sub-4:00 Mile

By John A. Kissane for Running Times

He was the top high school two-miler in Massachusetts the spring of 2010, his senior year at Nashoba Regional High School in Bolton, Mass. But...

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Willis Returns to Defend Medtronic TC 1 Mile Crown

March 25, 2014

Olympic silver medalist and 2013 course record-setter targets second $10,000 course record bonus; second stop on BBTM Grand Prix Tour 2014

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Olympic silver medalist Nick Willis will return to Minneapolis on Thursday, May 8 to defend the Medtronic TC 1 Mile title he won last year...

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