Record reporter’s bid to challenge famous runner’s achievements starts — and ends badly
By Greg Mercer, The Record
CAMBRIDGE, Ontario, Canada — I really, really hope the ghost of Roger Bannister wasn't watching this one.
On Friday night, I was to run the first competitive race of my life at...
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Friday evening event to contest iconic distance after 14-year hiatus at Hare Field track
By Joe Dudman, OregonLive.com community blogger
Friday evening, June 28th marks the return of one of the Oregon Road Runners Club's most fun events, The ORRC Mile. The race is short, and the course is...
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"Coming into the last lap, I just said I'm not going to let them take the lead from me."
By John Nash, The Hour
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- As Henry Wynne sprinted the final few steps down the front stretch, his last-ever racing strides for the Staples High School boys track team, he raised his fist...
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By John Casper Jr., Winona Daily News
As his training partners moved away from the San Francisco bay area and his brother went to the Pacific Northwest, Garrett Heath knew where he wanted to go.
The Rocky Mountains.
The former Winona Senior High School state champion and Stanford...
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