Lagat shatters Masters (40 & older) Mile world record; near record 10 men go sub-4 indoors at 108th NYRR Millrose Games
By Jim Gerweck, Mile wire
NEW YORK – The Mile is generally considered to be the perfect race in the track & field canon because of its near-perfect symmetry. Four laps of...
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Defending race champions Will Leer, Mary Cain face stellar fields at The Armory; Masters world record for 8-time Wanamaker MIle champion and evergreen Bernard Lagat?
By Chris Chavez, Sporting News
While thousands will flock to the Barclays Center for NBA All-Star Weekend, the greatest feats...
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2008 Olympic 1500 silver medalist also sets meet and New Zealand indoor records; USA's Ben Blankenship runner-up clocking 3:53.13 (#8 U.S. male indoors)
By LetsRun.com
BOSTON - Being a stay-at-home dad is working quite well for Nick Willis who became a father in the summer of 2013. Last year,...
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2008 Olympic 1500m silver medalist taking on all-comers at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Mile on Sat, Feb 7 in Boston.
By Elliott Denman, RunBlogRun.com
The way Nick Willis looks at it, the long stretch - almost all of the 2009 season and much of 2010 - that he missed with knee trouble and...
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108th NYRR Millrose Games, set for Saturday, Feb.14, draws stellar international fields with past champions for storied race
NEW YORK — Eight-time champion Bernard Lagat of Tucson, AZ, and New York native and defending champion, Mary Cain, 18, of Portland, OR, will star in the NYRR Wanamaker...
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Jake Edwards, a 3:58.09 Miler and recent graduate of Ohio State University, organized a sub-4 minute Mile attempt at his Delaware High School alma mater on Friday, August 22, 2014 during halftime of a football scrimmage. Below is Jake’s story as to the “why” and the importance of the Mile for the...
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"I was exhausted … but I was in the lead in front of my home crowd and I couldn't relinquish it.”
By Justin P. Hicks, mlive.com
SALINE, Mich. – Not only was the record for the fastest Mile run in Michigan broken on Sunday, it was topped three times.
Nick Willis led the 13 male racers across...
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Prize purse of $24,000 on the line for The Running Institute Ron Warhurst Mile and women's 800 meters in Saline
By Justin P. Hicks, mlive.com
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Nick Willis dreams big. He also knows how to finish.
The silver medal-winning Olympian and University of Michigan alumnus...
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2008 Olympic 1500m silver medalist will have another crack at John Walker's national record of 3:49.08 in Michigan at a meet that he and wife Sierra direct.
By David Leggat, New Zealand Herald
Nick Willis will be back racing the Mile next weekend, aiming to put the frustration of his...
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"My third favorite thing has been the opportunity to really experience getting 100 per cent out of myself as a runner."
By Steve Landells, IAAF.org
Nick Willis, the 2008 Olympic 1500m silver medallist, is among the world's best middle-distance runners.
The 31-year-old has been in the form...
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