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Defending Champ Emily Lipari Returns to Medtronic TC 1 Mile

May 07, 2018

Minneapolis riverfront course to host more than 2,500 runners; $25,000 Open prize purse; Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2018 second stop

From Twin Cities In Motion

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Last year’s Medtronic TC 1 Mile women’s champion Emily Lipari of San Diego returns to defend her title...

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After Breaking American 2 Mile Record, Simpson is Motivated for More in 2018

May 04, 2018

I’m over 30 and I think that I’m still going to get better. I want to run a PR in the 3000 meters. I would love to PR in the 1500 meters again.

By Chris Chavez, Sports Illustrated

Over the weekend, Jenny Simpson added another accolade to her decorated career by shattering the American record...

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Horses & Human Runners Are Not so Different

May 03, 2018

"It’s such an intense pain. It starts in your gut and then fans out to your extremities. Your quads, your shoulders. By the end, it just feels like your whole body is on fire.” - Alan Webb

By Tim Layden, Sports Illustrated

LOUISVILLE – There will come a moment, early Saturday evening in the...

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Age Is Irrelevant When It Comes to Fitness

May 01, 2018

“There is reason to believe that the major contributor to the performance decline in athletes as they get older is nurture, with nature playing a smaller role.”

By Nick Heil, Outside Magazine

In February 2015, 59-year-old Ned Overend, aka “The Lung,” aka “Deadly Nedly,” won the first National...

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