June 11, 2013
Top 1500 meter rival Brenda Martinez will focus on 800 at USA Outdoor Championships in Des Moines
By Peter Gambaccini, Runner's World
Yesterday, Brenda Martinez composed the tweet heard 'round the American women’s middle-distance running world: “After speaking it over with my coaches. Decided...
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June 10, 2013
The Dual is a two-person discussion about issues surrounding the world of running and track and field. This week, Jesse and Kevin topic discuss whether distance prodigy Mary Cain should run professionally or compete in college.
By Kevin Sully, Daily Relay
Kevin
Disclaimer: First, I think...
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June 10, 2013
By IAAF Diamond League
The “British kings of middle distance” will collectively return to Oslo for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century when they gather in Oslo to celebrate the Exxon Mobil Bislett Games on Thursday, June 13. In the late 70s and early 80s Seb Coe, Steve Ovett and...
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June 10, 2013
By Bill Doucet, The Record
In 1954, Roger Bannister became the first man to run a sub-4 minute Mile.
Nathan Brannen accomplished the same feat 47 years later as a high schooler – only the seventh to do so at such a young age – just beating the barrier with a time of 3:59.85.
Since that day...
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