The true beauty of the Mile: It scans an exact black-and-white photocopy of who you are right there — warts and all.
By Chris Foster, PodiumRunner.com
It doesn’t matter if you ran the Mile in college, ran it on your high school track team, or ran it in gym class for the (much-dreaded)...
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Nice table outlining the historical progression of concepts like interval training, periodization and polarized training; and some sample training weeks from champion athletes
Alex Hutchinson, Outside
I won’t pretend to be impartial here: I love the Mile. It demands the legs of a sprinter,...
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Olympian and U.S. Mile record holder takes aim at Grandma's Marathon, fresh off a 1:13 half-marathon after using pandemic time to redefine his physique.
By Amby Burfoot, PodiumRunner.com
Alan Webb, the American record holder in the Mile (3:46.91 in 2007), has entered the June 19 Grandma’s...
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"It is really cool to see how fast you can go for a relatively short period of time and participate in such an epic and historical event.”
TJ Murphy, PodiumRunner.com
Want to jump-start your fitness, improve your running form, snap out of feeling stale? Start training for the Mile.
Rob...
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Key workouts and training strategies that helped Nick Willis run a sub-4 Mile 19 years in a row, Steve Spence sub-5 for 43 years and Harry Nolan sub-6 for 57 years.
By Amby Burfoot, PodiumRunner.com
There are fast Milers who break records, win gold medals and collect big prize money. Then...
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One of her proudest achievements is that ability to reset quickly – not from a bad day, but from a career highlight.
By Ed Knowles, OlympicChannel.com
Jenny Simpson is a professional Mile / 1500 meter runner from the USA who is looking to go to her fourth Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Her long...
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Masters ace recorded a sub-6 Mile for 57 straight years from 1963 to 2019!
From Lifetime Running
New Jersey's Harry Nolan has been a top U.S. runner in one event or another since the mid-1970s. He started on the track, moved up to the marathon (PR of 2:22), and then moved back to the track in...
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Three key workouts for speed & endurance to produce your best Mile
By Edward Lane, Men's Health
One of the most effective ways to train – and one of the most beneficial for your physical and mental health – is mastering the Mile.
“The Mile is an amazing blend of speed and endurance, and a...
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Boulder, Colorado resident mastered his injury woes: “You have to train really hard, but you don’t have to run a ton of miles each week."
By Sarah Lorge Butler, Runner's World
Dan King never knew he was a Miler, but he found a silver lining during the coronavirus pandemic. With most races...
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To run fast, you have to practice running fast. Once a week, run a number of short repeats (200-400m) at your Mile goal pace with a short recovery jog (1-2 minutes) in between.
By Megan Harrington, Active.com
A single Mile. 1609 meters. 5280 feet. Compared to 13.1 or 26.2-mile races, it...
Read More commentsReturn 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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