By Stephen Wilson, Associated Press
OXFORD, England – Roger Bannister remembers those fabled four minutes as if they were yesterday, still as vivid in his mind today as that blustery late afternoon more than half a century ago.
Like a proud patriarch regaling his wide-eyed grandchildren, the...
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By Rhianne Pope, Oxford Mail
When Roger Bannister stepped out on to an Oxford running track nearly 60 years ago, he was about to make sporting history.
And now a project at the Oxford Playhouse is looking to hear from the 3,000 people who were there to witness the first sub-four-minute mile.
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But, for me, nothing tops the night of Coghlan’s Mile on the Sports Arena boards during the Jack in the Box Indoor Games. It was electrifying.
By Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune
It was 31 years ago this week when Eamonn Coghlan became an Irish storm, when he ran beyond the hype… by a...
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Only U.S. state to still embrace and keep the Mile at high school level including at its State Meet; "The Mile is part of who we are.”
By Duncan Larkin, Bring Back the Mile
Ever since that first historical “shot heard around the world” at the Battle of Lexington in 1775, the state of...
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Return the Mile to prominence on the American & worldwide sports and cultural landscape by elevating and celebrating the Mile to create a movement.
ELEVATE
Bring Back the Mile as the premier event in the sport, and increase interest in and media coverage of the Mile for both those who love the distance as well as the general public.
CELEBRATE
Bring Back the Mile to celebrate the storied distance and to recognize the people who made and make the Mile great and to promote Mile events and the next generation of U.S. Milers.
NATIONAL MOVEMENT
Bring Back the Mile to create a national movement for the Mile as America’s Distance, to inspire Americans to run the Mile as part of their fitness program and to replace the 1600 meters at High School State Track & Field Meets across the country.
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