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USATF’s Hightower Bans the Mile in America Bring Back the Mile calls decision by USATF President “misguided, undemocratic” and asks its supporters to fight the ban and to use hashtag #StopSteph. By Ian Stewart IV, Associated Press NEW YORK ‰ÛÓ (April 1, 2015) ‰ÛÓ Outgoing USA Track & Field President …

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. ‰ÛÓ The Mile wire is a regular update on the best stories, exclusive interviews and everything Mile-related. adidas Dream Mile Watch: Boys – Girls By Meg Bellino, FloTrack The adidas Grand Prix hosts the best professional track & field athletes in the world at Icahn Stadium on …

First, defending Pub Series women’s Senior titlist (5th Overall in the 2014 standings) Marge Bellisle emerges from her Warren, RI abode in the early hours of race day and is aghast to find her tires have been slashed.   An Ras Mor Senior titlist Claire McManus notes this is a …

A superlative job done by the wind-blasted, beard-rimed male and pioneer face-in-the-blizzard women of the host Somerville Road Runners in yesterday’s ice box 5K in artic chill Cambridge. (Photo: Running in a box was one way to cut the wind. All photos by FitzFoto/NERunner).   Pub Series hardened veterans did …

Following Race Numero Uno, the An Ras Mor 5K   MEN OVERALL (Top 50 Score)   1. David Wilson                        50 2. Chris Stadler VT                   49 3. Scott Wisnaskas                    48 4. Gregory Picklesimer              47 5. Lee Danforth                         46 6. TJ Unger                                45 7. Eric Hultquist                        44 8. Andrew Holmes                    43 9. …

  (Top 50 Score) 1. Amory Salem                         50 3. Elizabeth Whiting NH            48           5. Flora Berklein VT                  46 7. Elizabeth Ryan                       44 9. Abby Mosca                          42 11. Mariah Tinger                       40 13. Lisa Williams                        38 15. Kat Vicino                             36 17. Alison Lackey                       34 19. Erin Meyer                             32 21. Viki Bok                                 …

Masters Mile World Record ‰ÛÒ We Were There! No, not at Millrose this Feb. 14 for 40 year-old Bernard Lagat‰Ûªs epic mile, but at Harvard‰Ûªs Gordon Track on February 20, 1994 as Irish great Eammon Coghlan attempted to become the first runner over 40 to run a sub four-minute mile. …

ABBOTT WORLD MARATHON MAJORS AND INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATHLETICS FEDERATIONS RELEASE DETAILS OF TESTING POOL AWMM working in partnership with the IAAF to fund largest private anti-doping effort to date for elite athletes participating in AWMM events LONDON, March 18, 2015 — Abbott World Marathon Majors (AWMM) is working in …

HUDDLE BECOMES FIRST AMERICAN TO WIN UNITED AIRLINES NYC HALF **Leonard Korir Wins In Photo Finish Over Stephen Sambu** By Chris Lotsbom; @ChrisLotsbom (Used with permission) NEW YORK (15-Mar) — Plain and simple, Molly Huddle ruled the streets of Manhattan here this morning at the tenth edition of the United …

FISHER AVOIDS DISASTER, REPEATS AS NEW BALANCE NATIONALS INDOOR MILE CHAMPION By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (15-Mar) — For roughly 1,550 meters of the boys’ championship mile at New Balance Nationals Indoor here today, Michigan’s Grant Fisher looked unstoppable. The 17-year-old …