The Millrose Games featured its trademark thrilling distance races, and we’ve got audio clips from the Elle Purrier St. Pierre, Geordie Beamish, Josh Kerr, Alicia Monson, and other protagonists who took it out hard and closed with a vengeance. Coach… Read More ›
In past years covering the Millrose Games at the Armory, I juggled stopwatches to time multiple training groups’ post-meet workouts. At this year’s 114th running of the games, back after last year’s pandemic related cancellation, I wondered whether there would… Read More ›
A blizzard couldn’t keep runners and track-starved fans from storming the Armory in upper Manhattan for the 114th Millrose Games, a year after the arena staged vaccinations rather than this annual ode to speed. It was worth the wait and… Read More ›
This, in our 4th year of covering post-Millrose Games workouts, was different. We had always covered the athletes in Alberto Salazar’s Nike Oregon Project group as they ran their post-meet workouts. But the group was dissolved by Nike after the… Read More ›
A year after his heart-stopping fall in the 3000 meter race at the Millrose Games, Kemoy Campbell, now retired from track, was back to fire the starting gun. Among this year’s competitors was Justyn Knight, one of Campbell’s former training… Read More ›
NYC brings us the world as Millrose Games stars Chris O’Hare (Scotland), Justyn Knight (Canada), Natoya Goule (Jamaica), and Ally Ostrander (Alaska, USA) grace the airwaves with post-race interviews. Coach James Chu relives the action with his third annual Chuey… Read More ›
In our Millrose recap James Chu joins the booth with his second annual Chuey Awards. Kate Grace chimes in from the pre-race press conference, and Natoya Goule, who set the Jamaican national indoor record in the 800, discusses racing Ajee… Read More ›
What do you do after a podium finish in the storied Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games in New York City? A post-race workout. About an hour after the conclusion of the race, Edward Cheserek, coached by Stephen Haas, stepped… Read More ›
At their best, sports events showcase athletes approaching physical limits in thrilling and unexpected ways. The NYRR Millrose Games once again did just that. In the marquee races, Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha barely missed the indoor mile world record and Germany’s… Read More ›