May 06, 2013
Altitude adjusted time equates to a 3:58.17 Mile
By Sarah Kuta, Colorado Daily
A runner from Boulder, Colo. broke the state record in the Mile over the weekend.
Rory Fraser completed the race in 4:03.99 at the St. Vrain Invitational track meet, held at Longmont High School.
It was a high...
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May 06, 2013
By Daily Press
On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister became the first person to run a Mile in under four minutes.
For several years, men had been getting closer and closer to that barrier. It is not true, as some claim today, that experts in the 1950s believed it was impossible - but the idea of...
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May 06, 2013
His 2013 approach mimics his 2008 Olympic silver-medal year.
By Peter Gambaccini, Runner's World
Nick Willis, New Zealand’s 2008 Olympic 1500-meter silver medalist, will run the Medtronic TC 1 Mile on the roads in Minneapolis on May 9 and a 1500-meter race at the Diamond League meet in...
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May 03, 2013
By Terry Pace, UNA Communications and Marketing
FLORENCE, Ala. – South Sudanese-born Olympic track-and-field athlete Lopez Lomong – one of the so-called “Lost Boys of Sudan” – will be the guest speaker for the University of North Alabama’s spring commencement at 10:00am Saturday, May 11, at...
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