June 25, 2012
By Alex Hoyt, Runner's World
On January 6, 2012, Alan Webb returned to the Armory, a brick bastion of a facility in Upper Manhattan where, almost 11 years earlier, he became the first high schooler since 1967 to break 4:00 in the Mile, and the first ever to do so indoors. This race was...
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June 24, 2012
By Tim Stevens, The News & Observer
Julie Shea Sutton and Wesley Frazier are separated by generations, but the love of running they share gives them a common link.
Frazier, a senior at Ravenscroft School, broke Shea’s high school girls state mile record during a race in New York on June 9 and...
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June 23, 2012
By Tim Layden, Sports Illustrated
EUGENE, Ore. -- They were the lab rats. Test cases for the digital world that lay ahead and now greets every runner who shows a hint of promise, subjecting them to the scrutiny that comes with being fast young. It was the spring of 2001 and two runners born 14...
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June 21, 2012
Simpson discusses the pressures surrounding her world champion status and the challenges of peaking for both the Trials and Olympics
By David Monti, Race Results Weekly
After finishing second at the Prefontaine Classic 1500m on June 1, world 1500m champion Jenny Simpson and her husband Jason...
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