By John Brant, Runner's World
For Mary Cain, it began with a hero-worship photo-op at the Olympic Trials last June. For Alberto Salazar, it began later in the summer, when he watched a YouTube video on his laptop computer. From these seemingly humble seeds a potentially mighty tree has...
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By The Trailer
EUGENE, Ore. – It’s a small race in Gent, Belgium, and Aisha Praught is freezing. It’s pouring rain, and it’s windy, and these are probably the worst conditions you could try to run a steeplechase in.
Praught, of Moline, Ill., is devoid of her college team, running one of her...
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By The Trailer
EUGENE, Ore. – Erik van Ingen is not afraid to leap if he has to.
“I don’t think getting beat, whether it’s at conference or NCAAs, sees a venue,” the 23-year-old says. “It’s the same as a footrace when you’re a kid, or racing bikes around the neighborhood.
“It’s raw...
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By Liam Boylan-Pett, Bring Back the Mile
Editor's Note: This is part four in a four part series written by Liam Boylan-Pett, #315 on the United States sub-4 minute Mile list, boasting a personal best of 3:58.19 (2011 Falmouth Mile). He obtained Bachelor's Degrees in Sociology and Creative...
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