"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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"But missing a chance to break the 3:50 barrier would've left me frustrated. It feels like part of my career is now complete."
By Andrew Alderson, The New Zealand Herald
Nick Willis has seldom been in better form, delivering three of his finest athletics achievements in the last six weeks.
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"It shows that the 5000m training I've been doing hasn't impacted on the shorter distance. If anything, it probably helps it; I'm very happy.''
By Tony Smith, Stuff.co.nz
Nick Willis is ''stoked'' at achieving a ''huge career bucket list item'' by cracking the 3 minute-50 second Mile barrier...
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From Twin Cities In Motion
> Medtronic TC 1 Mile Pick-the-Winner Contest (open until Thursday, 3:00pm PST)
Minutes after Olympic silver medalist Nick Willis broke David Torrence’s Medtronic TC 1 Mile course record last year, Torrence formally declared that he would take his record back in...
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Men’s & Women’s professional fields set for Thursday, May 8 in Minneapolis; $25,000 purse, second stop on BBTM Grand Prix Tour 2014
> BBTM GP TOUR PICK-THE-WINNER CONTEST
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Three-time Medtronic TC 1 Mile champion David Torrence of Oakland, Calif. will return to Minneapolis for...
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Olympian, course record holder and two Minnesota natives join road race on Thursday, May 8; $25,000 prize purse; second stop on Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2014
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A two-time Olympian, the women’s course record holder, and two fleet Minnesota natives are the latest...
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Schlicting, Hazzard take Scholastic Mile at Boston Marathon weekend event
By David Monti, Race Results Weekly
BOSTON -- Rounding the final turn of the three-lap course at Saturday’s B.A.A. Invitational Mile here in Back Bay, Morgan Uceny looked every bit the two-time USA 1500m champion that...
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$20,000 prize purse with $10,000 for Mile race; event set for Sunday, August 10 at Saline High School
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Building on the success of the 2013 Running Institute Mile, meet organizers have announced the creation of a new event, the 2014 Michigan Track Classic. The event, to be held...
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Nick Willis: "It is important for the casual fan because people understand a sub-4 minute Mile. A 3:38 1500m doesn’t mean anything to most people."
By SPIKES Magazine
SPIKES sat down with two of the world's top Milers Nick Willis and Will Leer and Mile legend John Walker to find out why they...
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Olympic silver medalist and 2013 course record-setter targets second $10,000 course record bonus; second stop on BBTM Grand Prix Tour 2014
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Olympic silver medalist Nick Willis will return to Minneapolis on Thursday, May 8 to defend the Medtronic TC 1 Mile title he won last year...
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