The family-friendly “pop-up” running event with record 1,600 entrants featured 10 heats of runners, ages 2 to 86 in downtown Pittsburgh; $23,400 prize purse awarded
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PITTSBURGH – A record of more than 1,600 were inspired to run their BEST. MILE. EVER. at the 12th Fleet Feet Liberty...
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Scheduled for Friday, July 7, downtown Pittsburgh’s only night time road race will offer a prize purse of more than $23,000; Fleet Feet Elite Derby returns with the opportunity for participants to win a special prize from Brooks Running
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PITTSBURGH – U.S. Olympian Ben Blankenship and...
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After outrcry, Track & Field News brings back its first U.S. sub-4 list for 2023; Fast Forest Project is honoring the fastest U.S. Milers as part of a broader sustainability initiative
By Martin Fritz Huber, Outside
Earlier this week, word got out on Twitter that Track & Field News, the...
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Nick Willis’ record 20th consecutive year sub-4, annual record of first U.S. sub-4 shattered, annual record of U.S. high school sub-4s (5 individuals, 7 times), event prize money increases 34%, official road Mile world championship & world record category announced and more!
By Ryan Lamppa,...
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Rio Olympian and three-time U.S. champion Ben Blankenship spearheads launch of non-profit organization
EUGENE, Ore. – Ben Blankenship has unveiled his non-profit the Endless Mileage Project, an organization dedicated to the intersection of sustainability and the running community.
Endless...
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Guaranteed $25,000 prize purse plus time and event record bonus money available too for 26th edition on Saturday, August 20
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FALMOUTH, Mass. - Falmouth Road Race, Inc., organizers of the Falmouth Elite Mile, an invitational Mile open to males who run sub-4:00 and...
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Downtown Pittsburgh’s only evening road race draws more than 1,000 participants and awards $27,600 in prize money
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PITTSBURGH – At the 11th Fleet Feet Liberty Mile on a warm Friday evening in downtown Pittsburgh, the pro races ended in two thrilling finishes as Vincent Ciattei of...
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Downtown Pittsburgh’s only evening road race, scheduled for Friday, July 22, offers a prize purse of $27,600 plus $2000 Open course record bonus money
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PITTSBURGH – The country’s fastest Milers are ready to test their speed in the City of Champions at the 2022 Fleet Feet Liberty Mile,...
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Past race champions Murphy, Lipari, Follett returning to the streets of Des Moines; $25,000 prize purse with $5000 for each national champion
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DES MOINES - Grand Blue Mile officials from Wellmark® Blue Cross® and Blue Shield® and the Drake Relays presented by Xtream...
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Whoever shows up on the starting line at Hayward Field, rest assured the guys will put on a great show at the U.S. Olympic Trials
By Jeff Hollobaugh, Track & Field News
It's not outlandish to project that one of the most-anticipated events at June’s U.S. Olympic Trials will be the men’s 1500....
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