Mile run
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mile-run-207-1281412
title:
Mile run
text:
The mile run is a middle-distance foot race. The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field's switch to metric distances in the 1900s and retained its popularity, with the chase for the four-minute mile in the 1950s a high point for the race. In spite of the roughly equivalent 1500 metres race, which is used instead of the mile at the World Championships and Olympic Games and is sometimes referred as the foremos
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Common middle-distance running event
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_run
date created:
2006-05-21T05:04:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T23:31:57Z
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