Guest host James Chu helps Brenn break down the Millrose Games in 79 minutes or less. In post-race interviews, we hear from Kate Grace on signing with Nike, Stephanie Garcia and Kate Van Buskirk on their thrilling 3000m duel, and Ben… Read More ›
Millrose Games
Ben True dusts Centro in 2-Mile; NOP takes Wanamaker Miles at NYRR Millrose Games
Upstaging even the iconic Wanamaker Mile, the Paavo Nurmi 2-mile was the main event for distance running fans at Saturday’s NYRR Millrose Games. Matt Centrowitz, who last year set the Wanamaker Mile record of 3:50.63 en route to his Olympic Gold… Read More ›
The Nike Oregon Project’s Post-Millrose Workout
James Chu offers an exclusive coach’s-eye view of the Oregon Project’s post-race workout. After the crowds had departed the 110th Millrose Games, as cleanup crews and reporters worked to compete their tasks, Cloud259 stayed trackside to detail the Nike Oregon… Read More ›
If Millrose were a college meet…
By James Chu Note: James Chu, who runs for North Brooklyn Runners, was our interview guest on Episode 4. NCAA track & field features the most thrilling and competitive races in the sport that we love. Collegians race not for… Read More ›
Olympians burn at NYRR Millrose Games
You can take the NYRR Millrose Games out of Madison Square Garden, but you can’t take the star power out of the games. Rod Stewart (or his impersonator) was there as usual, conspicuous in a bright red blazer, as if… Read More ›
Millrose Games 2015: Roses for Rowbury, Centrowitz, Lomong
The Wanamaker Mile is the signature event of the Millrose Games, but the six-hour track party at New York City’s Armory on Valentine’s Day was loaded with enticing appetizers. Among them was the 25-lap, 5000 meter race. Cam Levins was… Read More ›
Millrose Games 2014: King Leer, Queen Mary, Emperor Lagat
Up until the final turn at the men’s Wanamaker Mile of yesterday’s Millrose Games, the professional distance running events offered thrills galore but nothing unanticipated: the coronation of Mary Cain, the victories by Kim Conley, Bernard Lagat, and Ajee Wilson,… Read More ›
Millrose Games preview
The marquee event at the Millrose Games – the one that follows the national anthem – has traditionally been the men’s Wanamaker Mile. Since the meet moved from MSG to the Armory in 2012, it has featured a more balanced… Read More ›
Wanamaker Mile Preview
Women’s None of the 13 competitors in the women’s Wanamaker Mile on Saturday ran in last year’s 1500m “Metric Wanamaker Mile.” Absent are Jenny Simpson (last year’s winner), Shannon Rowbury (2nd last year), and Morgan Uceny (who won the 800m… Read More ›