1968 Mexico City Olympic Games -1500 Meters- Jim Ryun vs Kip Keino

By Slicethelife

The most anticipated track and field event at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games was the match up in the 1500 meters with Jim Ryun taking on Kip Keino of Kenya.

Jim Ryun was an incredible runner. As a junior in high school in Kansas he was the first high schooler to run a 4...

How the Internet Helped Build Better Olympic Runners

By Jason Paur, Wired

When Jenny Simpson won the 1500 meter race at the World Championships last year, even she looked surprised. She’d surged from the back of the pack with one lap left and became the first American woman since 1983 to take the “metric Mile” title. She’ll be racing in London as...

The Mile Still Matters To Track & Field

By Todd Bookman, New Hampshire Public Radio

Track and field has a numbers problem. As in, there are just too many of them. The 60, 26.2, 4-by-8, 2-oh-3, 5, 8, 10K…

Back in the 1950s, there was one number that mattered.

"I think there are only a handful of achievements like breaking 4...

Louis Zamperini at 94, Is Still ‘Unbroken’ After All These Years

He was an Olympic athlete in Berlin where he met Hitler, a Prisoner of War of the Japanese during World War II, and is still sharing his Christian faith

By Dan Wooding, ASSIST Ministries

HOLLYWOOD HILLS, Calif. -- I have interviewed some extraordinary people in my more than 43 years as a...