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The 2 mile (3,520 yards, [1] 10,560 feet, or exactly 3,218.688 metres) is a historic running distance. Like the mile run, it is still contested at some invitational meets due its historical chronology in the United States and United Kingdom. It has been largely superseded by the 3000 m (approximately 1.864 miles) and 5000 m, and by the 3200 m ...
The Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) was a test designed to measure the muscular strength, endurance, and cardiovascular respiratory fitness of soldiers in the United States Army. The test contained three events: push-ups, sit-ups, and a two-mile run with a soldier scoring from 0 to 100 points in each event based on performance.
800 metres. Diane Susan Leather Charles (7 January 1933 – 5 September 2018) was an English athlete who was the first woman to run a sub-5-minute mile. [1] Inspired to take up running aged 19 after watching the 1952 Olympic Games, within months Leather had become national cross-country champion, a title she would go on to win four times.
The goal of this beginner plan is to take you from sedentary to walking a full 5K. The walking pace is your normal walking pace. For the "speed" segments, you’ll power walk and pump your arms ...
Molly Huddle (born August 31, 1984) is an American long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running events. She held the American record in the 5000 meters set in 2014 in Monaco (14:42.64), which has since been lowered by Shannon Rowbury, Shelby Houlihan and Alicia Monson.
The cooper test which was designed by Kenneth H. Cooper in 1968 for US military use is a physical fitness test. [1][2][3] In its original form, the point of the test is to run as far as possible within 12 minutes. Pacing is important, as the participant will not cover a maximal distance if they begin with a pace too close to an all out sprint.
But Knowling’s quest for marathon and Eras Tour success started months earlier. To get a spot in the marathon, Knowling took part in the New York Road Runners 9+1 program, in which runners ...
Centrowitz was born in New York, New York, the son of Theresa (Corrigan) and Sid Centrowitz. [1] His father was Jewish and his mother was an Irish immigrant. [3] He attended Power Memorial Academy, where he won state championships in the half mile, one mile and two mile events and became the first New Yorker to break nine minutes in the two mile run (8:56.2). [2]