Mile News


More than 12,000 runners make Mile history in inaugural IAAF Run 24:1

June 10, 2018

International event "captured in a single live feed and hopefully thousands of new runners joining the biggest global sport on the planet.”

From IAAF

Taking to the streets in 24 cities across 15 time zones, more than 12,000 runners participated in the inaugural IAAF Run 24:1 global campaign...

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America’s Next Great Running Hope?

June 09, 2018

Why do so many gifted teenage female distance runners fizzle out by their early 20s, unable to capture the speed of their youth?

By Matthew Futterman, New York Times

It’s not clear exactly when a high school sophomore named Katelyn Tuohy became the next great phenom in American distance...

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Clark, Van Der Wyk Win State Street Mile Titles

June 03, 2018

Event record 11 men go sub-4 minutes at the “fastest Mile in the west”; 19th edition draws 1,200 entrants; race proceeds go to Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Crime Victim Emergency Fund

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – On a beautiful sunny Sunday morning in downtown Santa Barbara, Connor Clark of...

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Going to the roots of the Cambridge Classic Mile

June 01, 2018

The point now is for people to just come out and enjoy the music & camaraderie

By Bill Doucet, Cambridge Times

John Carson believes the entertainment has gone from running.

Twenty to 30 years ago, running events were just that, with bleachers full of rabid race fans invested in every race...

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