Mile News


Johnny Crain Repeats as Main Street Mile Champion, Sets Course Record

June 28, 2013

Top two men go sub-4 minutes on the point-to-point, downhill course; Nikki Zoeller women's champion

PEORIA, Ill. - At the 5th Legacy Investments Main Street Mile, hundreds unleashed their inner cheetah Friday evening. In the men's Open race, Johnny Crain edged John Darmody to defend his title....

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An Extra Mile in Memory of Adrian Martinez

June 28, 2013

An evening of Mile races and fundraiser, the Adrian Martinez Classic returns to Concord next Saturday, July 6.

Patrick Ball, Concord, MA Patch

The thing about sad stories is you can’t spoil the ending -- they’ll tug at those heartstrings no matter how many times you hear them. But sometimes...

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Marion Mile off to running start

June 27, 2013

Summer Mile race series expects 250 children running the iconic distance every Tuesday thru August 6

By Matthew Bernat, Sippican Week

MARION, Mass. — Competition is heating up at the Marion Mile as several boys, and one girl, ran a Mile in less than six minutes last year.

Now in its twelfth...

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Jenny Simpson on returning to Boulder: ‘My racing confidence is back’

June 26, 2013

CU grad to defend 1500 meter world title in Moscow this August

By Mike Sandrock, Daily Camera

When Jenny Simpson was an undergraduate at the University of Colorado, on her way to getting a degree in economics and political science and winning five NCAA titles, she would at times bump into a...

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