Mile News


Gazelle Sports / adidas Elite Meet Brings Top Ranked High School Runners to Compete

February 13, 2013

This Saturday, February 16, Grand Valley State University (GVSU) will host the Gazelle Sports / adidas Elite Meet at the Kelly Family Sports Center in Allendale, MI. This is the second year Gazelle Sports has partnered with GVSU to put on the high school track event as part of the Michigan Indoor...

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Just Why Do UK & Ireland Over-Perform in the NCAA Mile?

February 12, 2013

By TrackBound USA

No country has been quite as enveloped by the romanticism of the Mile as the United States. The 1609m distance is still run during the indoor season and remains the blue riband event. The days of Roger Bannister rewriting human limitations on the Iffley Park track in Oxford...

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New Pro Emily Infeld Adjusts to Training with Shalane Flanagan

February 11, 2013

Georgetown grad will run world cross country championships next month.

By Peter Gambaccini, Runner's World

Emily Infeld was fourth in the women’s race at the USATF Cross Country Championships on February 2 in St. Louis, qualifying for the U.S. team at the world cross country championships in...

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College Basketball Game Includes Halftime Mile

February 08, 2013

University of Portland hoops fans treated to midgame race on upper mezzanine track.

By Peter Gamaccini, Runner's World

Halftime at sporting events like football and basketball games can be tedious in places that can’t afford Beyonce and all her pyrotechnics. Did you ever sit in one of those...

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