Mile News

Ingebrigtsen shatters 5-day old indoor Mile world record

February 13, 2025

The first Norwegian to set a Mile world record also set indoor 1500m WR

From World Athletics

LIEVIN, France - Just five days after his U.S. rival Yared Nuguse set an indoor Mile world record in New York City, Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway went one better at the Meeting Hauts-de-France...

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Nuguse three-peats as Wanamaker Mile champion, sets world record

February 08, 2025

The first American male to set a track Mile WR since 1978, Dick Buerkle, also indoor WR (3:54.93), and the first Wanamaker WR since 1955, 70 years!!

By Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics

NEW YORK - Little more than an hour after fellow American Paris Olympic bronze medalist Grant Fisher’s 3000m...

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Commonwealth Games brings back the Mile: Glasgow 2026

February 06, 2025

“The magic of the Mile continues to resonate with sports fans. A ticket to watch its Commonwealth final will be one of the must-have seats in Glasgow next year.”

From Glasgow 2026

The Commonwealth Games: Glasgow 2026 will see the return of the Mile to a major championships athletics program....

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Grand Blue Mile & Drake Relays to again host USATF 1 Mile Championships

February 05, 2025

16th edition to serve as Team USA selection event for first time; $50,000 national championship prize purse

From Drake Relays

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered by Mediacom will host the 2025 USATF 1 Mile Championships as a highlight of the Grand Blue Mile...

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Strand shatters NCAA indoor Mile record

February 02, 2025

“I only wanted to come in and open up the season, get qualified in case I wanted to run the Mile at nationals. So to come out here and run that right now is pretty cool.”

By Tim Stephens, Vestavia Voice

Ethan Strand made track & field history — again.

The Vestavia Hills native and...

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Paris Olympic medalists headline NYRR Wanamaker Mile at 117th Millrose Games

January 11, 2025

Yared Nuguse eyes three-peat at iconic indoor Mile race

From World Athletics

Olympic and World indoor medalists Josh Kerr and Yared Nuguse will renew their rivalry and Paris Olympic 1500m medalists Jessica Hull (silver) and Georgia Bell (bronze) lead the women’s field for the NYRR Wanamaker...

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The Best Mile Moments of 2024

December 30, 2024

U.S. indoor record by St. Pierre, new mother; record four men sub-3:50 indoors same race; Engelhardt national girls Mile records, outdoor and HS-only; men’s road Mile world record shattered, twice; at Iffley Road, 70th anniversary celebration of the first sub-4 by Roger Bannister; three more U.S....

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Jenny Simpson is retiring after the 2024 NYC Marathon

October 31, 2024

After concluding a stellar, 20-year career, the Olympic bronze medalist will embark on a 50-state running-infused van-life tour of the U.S. with her husband, Jason, in 2025

By Brian Metzler, RUN powered by Outside

Jenny Simpson will go down in the annals of American running as one of the...

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Is Running a 4-Minute Mile the Secret to Longevity?

September 15, 2024

Hard training and good genetics give elite runners an edge, but the 4-minute barrier may have its own magic

By Alex Hutchinson, Outside

The 200th person to break 4 minutes for the Mile, according to the National Union of Track Statisticians, was a Swiss runner named Rolf Gysin. On August 16,...

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Kerr defends New Balance 5th Avenue Mile title, shatters 1981 event record

September 08, 2024

Schweizer ties women’s event record with victory; overall, 17 men went sub-4 and 15 women 4:30 plus 8,800 finishers on the iconic thoroughfare

NEW YORK – On a beautiful late summer September Sunday, at the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile, Olympic medalist and World champion Josh Kerr and two-time...

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