Inaugural Running Institute Mile draws 4,000 fans and produces seven men under 4 minutes including winner Willis; 2014 event set for August 10
By SPIKES Magazine
Prior to this year’s athletics world champs, Nick Willis was in desperate need for a competitive race, so he decided to organize...
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Senior Miler clocks 5:43 at Magnificent Mile; "It's just his whole attitude about life that makes him the runner that he is."
By Eddie Wooten, News & Record
GREENSBORO – The second wind in Carl Cook's running career is hurricane-force compared to the first wind for the rest of us.
At age...
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50 years later a 1956 twenty-six foot love letter with more than 1,200 signatures wishing Jim Beatty luck resurfaces; Beatty first man to run a sub-4 minute Mile indoors
By Wendy Brenner, Oxford American
It takes three people to hold it up, like an anaconda, draped between them and unfurled...
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13th edition draws more than 600 children; Sophie Jantomaso, who finished in a blistering 5 minutes, 49 seconds: “It’s a lot of fun!"
By Steve Hardy, The News & Advance
LYNCHBURG, Va. -- The emcee got one number of the countdown out before the horde of children took over, chanting themselves...
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