Mile News


Mission Accomplished! Leslie Breaks Four-Minute Barrier at RunRhody.com Exeter/West Greenwich Mile

August 08, 2012

By Stephen Mazzone, RunRhody.com

WEST GREENWICH - Consider it done.

Cory Leslie, a 22-year-old Ohio State All-American and U.S. steeplechaser, became the first runner to register an outdoor sub four-minute Mile on R.I. soil Tuesday night, August 7, accomplishing the feat at the RunRhody.com...

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Inaugural GNC Live Well Liberty Mile Draws Top Field in Pittsburgh

August 08, 2012

2012 USA 1 Mile road champions Miller, Kampf headline; $25,000 prize purse with $4000 for each Open race champion

PITTSBURGH – Runners in inaugural races have no race records to break or past champions to beat. At the GNC Live Well Liberty Mile on Friday, August 17, top American milers, known...

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USA’s Manzano Comes From Behind to Claim Silver in 1500

August 07, 2012

"My kick has always been there. Ever since I was maybe 12-years-old, I've had this major gift from God. I guess sometimes it's just been kind of overlooked."

By David Leon Moore, USA TODAY

LONDON – The race was run by someone who a day earlier had been kicked out of the Olympics. That alone...

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Roger Bannister’s Legacy Endures Test of Time

August 07, 2012

Of all the knighted British sporting legends, Bannister is still the most revered and remembered.

By Mike Wise, The Washington Post

LONDON — The attendant from the British Olympic Committee had brought a wheelchair along for the hunching 83-year-old man. But he refused, determined to walk the...

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