"It pretty much felt like a normal Mile, just slower," women's champion Mericle; inaugural event kicked off the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon week
By Tim Bergsten, pikespeaksports.us
Scott Dahlberg gulped down the thin air at 14,115 feet, looked around and knew it was time to go.
With a...
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"When I grow up I want to be Mary Cain." - Nick Symmonds, newly minted 800m silver medalist; women's 1500m final, Thursday, August 15
By Karen Rosen, Special for USA TODAY
MOSCOW –The future of U.S. middle-distance running is 17-years-old, uses words like "gosh" and "geez" and yet is so race...
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The latest ESPN Nine for IX documentary takes a look at one of sports most infamous moments, the Mary Decker - Zola Budd collision at the 1984 Olympic Games at 3000 meters; premiers on ESPN on August 13; directed by former world class runner Shola Lynch, winner of the 1984 Millrose Games Girls'...
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At 14,100-plus feet, the highest competitive Mile race in the world
MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. - Some of the toughest middle-distance and mountain runners in the country will test their lungs and legs on Tuesday, August 13 in the inaugural Pikes Peak High-Altitude Mile at the 14,115-foot summit of...
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