This year we offer a fresh look at the Millrose Games as journalist Siobhan Crise shares funny and profound observations and a race-ready takeaway from her first time at the event.
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Fantastic finishes at 115th Millrose Games
In the 1980s Alcoa ran commercials near the end of NFL games showcasing “fantastic finishes” of prior events that came down to the wire. They were great commercials because the thrilling endings were the exception, not the rule. Even the… Read More ›
Episode 110: 2022 Millrose Games
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 ›
Post-Millrose Games workout, or Evil Twin afterparty on the infield?
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 ›
Purrier St. Pierre repeats as Wanamaker Mile champ at 2022 Millrose Games
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 ›
2020 Post Millrose Games workouts
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 ›
Records fall at 2020 NYRR Millrose Games
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 ›
Episode 95: 2020 Millrose Games
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 ›
Episode 81: Millrose Games recap
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 ›