New records set at race’s second edition
By Tony Cagala, The Coast News
The Encinitas Mile saw some of its fastest times recorded yet in the race’s short two-year history, including the possibility of a new World Record.
Jason Parra, 8, of Lakewood, Calif. may have the new world record in...
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With an upped prize purse of $2000, race co-founders Dan Seidel and Mark Sarno are looking draw a faster field of elite Milers.
By Tony Cagala, The Coast News
The Encinitas Mile is back — all 5,280 feet of it — for the second year in a row.
And the sight of running feet covering that Mile...
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U.S. Mile legend Steve Scott: "the appeal of running the Mile is not only that it’s a good distance that people can compare their times to with each other, but that the Mile is a meeting ground for someone that has a lot of speed and a lot of strength."
By Tony Cagala, The Coast News
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