The oval at your nearest high school or college can serve up equal parts intimidation and welcomed challenge. Running on a track means you have a predictable and controlled environment to check off ...

When I was a student on my school’s track-and-field team, we had pretty regular access to the track, but as a recreational runner, securing the space is sometimes hard to come by. During half marathon ...

The “Mile of the Century”—of the twentieth century, that is—was a duel between John Landy and Roger Bannister at the 1954 Empire Games in Vancouver. The two men were, at the time, the only two ...