"It took me six months to accept the fact that I was a sub-4 Miler the first time, so this might take a while.”
By John Riker, RunWashington.com
Willy Fink came into Saturday’s DC Road Runners Track Championship on July 13 wanting to accomplish something great. He accomplished something...
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Record prize money awarded exceeds $500,000, Blankenship & Lipari win BBTM Grand Prix Tour titles, one more U.S. HSer sub-4, the brothers Ingebrigtsen make history, greatest women’s Mile ever and more highlight year
By Ryan Lamppa, Bring Back the Mile
Since the Bring Back the Mile launch in...
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It’s rare to root for someone as they’re actively beating you, although this was a special occasion.
By Kyle Merber for Tracksmith
In late May, Trevor Dunbar texted me. A week later and we were sitting for lunch in Concord, Massachusetts ahead of the Adrian Martinez Classic. My ears were open...
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“To come up here and have such a great group of guys to experience some of Alaska and to get onto the track and then to try break four, is such a great opportunity for us. We put our hands together for Trevor to make it all happen.”
By Karolin Anders, The Northern Light
Trevor Dunbar,...
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"It's great to see these athletes up here, especially so the younger kids can see it and get some inspiration. It's nice exposing them to athletes of this caliber."
By Beth Bragg, Alaska Dispatch News
Fourth place has never felt better for Trevor Dunbar.
Dunbar, the only Alaskan to break...
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Kampf captures women's race also in blanket finish; 4th stop on the Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2017; finale on Sunday, October 1 at The Navy Mile in Washington, DC
By Louie St. George, Duluth News-Tribune
Just before he arrived back in the United States last week from the IAAF World...
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Presented by HOKA ONE ONE, the interview series speaks with Anchorage Running Club's Big Wild Life Runs race committee member Wallace "Wally" Wilson on launching a Mile in Alaska and welcoming runners from the Lower 48. The second Anchorage Mile is slated for Saturday, August 16.
By Bring Back...
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Gabriele Grunewald women's champion over two-time defending champion Heather Kampf; 1,000-plus participants at third edition; fourth stop on the Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2014
By Ryan Lamppa, The Mile wire
PITTSBURGH – (August 1, 2014) – At the third GNC Live Well Liberty Mile on...
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Date of Statehood: January 3, 1959
Capital: Juneau
Motto: North to the Future
Alaska is one of only a handful of states in which no native athlete has broken the 4 minute Mile barrier on its soil. Trevor Dunbar became the first Alaskan to break four, breaking the beam in 3:59.06 in Portland,...
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First sub-4 minute Mile by Alaska native; father Marcus: “I always told him, ‘If I could do one thing I never did, it was break that 4 minute Mile'.”
By Chris Mosch, Daily Emerald
For Oregon senior Trevor Dunbar, running has always been a family affair.
Dunbar’s mother Kathleen was a...
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