Mile News


Oregon’s Trevor Dunbar: running a family affair

February 02, 2014

First sub-4 minute Mile by Alaska native; father Marcus: “I always told him, ‘If I could do one thing I never did, it was break that 4 minute Mile'.”

By Chris Mosch, Daily Emerald

For Oregon senior Trevor Dunbar, running has always been a family affair.

Dunbar’s mother Kathleen was a...

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Will Geoghegan on a record run

January 31, 2014

“The Mile is cool in that it’s still an event that people who don’t really follow running can still relate to."

By Steve Craig, Press Herald

First crossed by Roger Bannister nearly 60 years ago, it is a threshold that still has powerful meaning in the track & field world: running the Mile in...

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In their words: The race that stopped a nation

January 31, 2014

Some say it was the greatest middle-distance race ever contested by one of the best fields for a major competition: 1974 Commonwealth Games 1500 meters. This is their story.

By Michael Brown, New Zealand Herald

THE BUILDUP
The track and field meeting burst into life on the opening day in...

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The Milers of Massachusetts: Carleo, Montague & O’Toole

January 30, 2014

The Mile run. No matter the level of competition, it’s the glamour event of track & field.

By Stephen Mazzone, Milesplit.com

Right now, for the state of Massachusetts, it’s also a glamorous time of year for this signature race.

At the Boston Holiday Challenge on Dec. 28, Newton North senior...

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