Mile News


Kentucky Mile Records Fall at ISU Classic

February 15, 2014

Hillenbrand clocks sub-4 minute Mile; Peare breaks women's school record too

By Jacob Most, UK Athletics

AMES, Iowa – Allison Peare broke a 25-year-old school record on Saturday at the Iowa State Classic. Not to be outdone, Matt Hillenbrand broke four minutes in the Mile for the first time in...

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Wanamaker Mile Still Goes the Distance

February 14, 2014

Despite move uptown, Millrose Games centerpiece has retained its cachet

By Sarah Barker, Wall Street Journal

To compete with world class runners, and to win.

Those are Bronxville highschool senior Mary Cain's goals for her second appearance in the women's Wanamaker Mile at Saturday's 107th...

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Plenty of Drama on Tap at Millrose

February 14, 2014

A record try for Cain, a farewell for Webb, a homage to Nurmi by Lagat

By Peter Gambaccini, Runner's World

The Millrose Games in New York, now at the Armory Track & Field Center in upper Manhattan, will be staged for the 107th time Saturday. As always, the meet that has produced so much track...

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How to Set a World Record in the Mile

February 13, 2014

Record breakers increasingly run even splits; Hicham El Guerrouj's Mile WR nearly perfectly paced

By Amby Burfoot, Runner's World

Historically, there have been two distinct ways to pace a one-Mile race. The inexperienced run the quarter-mile laps like this: fast, slower, slower yet, stagger....

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