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Speed at the forefront of second annual Encinitas Mile

February 26, 2015

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 might look even faster this year when they hit Vulcan Avenue on March 15.

With an upped prize purse of $2000, race co-founders Dan Seidel and Mark Sarno are looking draw a faster field of elite Milers.

This year’s race will feature the first sub-4 minute runner in John Simons of North Carolina, who’s personal best time is 3 minutes, 59 seconds.

“The elite fields, on both the men’s and the women’s side, will be faster,” Seidel said.

Part of the goal of the race is to continue the call of Bring Back the Mile, a nationwide movement to keep the Mile distance in the culture of American running.

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