Mile News


Jacob Burcham Trains for a Sub-4

February 15, 2013

In his final season of high school track, the West Virginia standout hopes to join an elite group

By Joel Wolpert, Running Times

 
Running Times correspondent Joel Wolpert follows West Virginia senior Jacob Burcham as he trains for his final season of high school track. In "Horses+Fire"...
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Full Monty Writer Beaufoy Writes Olympic Rivalry Script

February 15, 2013

By Ian Youngs, BBC News

Simon Beaufoy, best known for writing The Full Monty, has completed a screenplay about former Olympic rivals Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe.

Coe and Ovett dominated middle distance running in the late 1970s and 80s - with their rivalry coming to a head at the Moscow...

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Connolly and Centro Bookend a Colorful Wanamaker History

February 14, 2013

By Barbara Huebner, NYRR News Service

Last year, New York Road Runners sponsored the men’s NYRR Wanamaker Mile for the first time. Matthew Centrowitz took charge to win his professional debut at the distance in 3:53.92.

On Saturday night, Centrowitz will return to the New Balance Track &...

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Cabral Comes to NYRR Wanamaker on a Mile High

February 13, 2013

By Barbara Huebner, NYRR News Service

Donn Cabral was a track star at Connecticut’s Glastonbury High School, about two hours northeast of New York City. After that, he was a track star at New Jersey’s Princeton University, about an hour southwest. Never all that far from the Millrose Games, but...

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