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The 20-year-old Kessler won the first road mile world title as Diribe Welteji upset Faith Kipyegon in the women's mile. Peres Jepchirchir won a record-tying 3rd title in the women's half.
In the 1980s, I would have been described as a long-distance runner, a marathoner. When I turned 40 in 1994 I got tired of the marathon training grind. It began to feel like a second job. Under the guidance of Mike Barnow, the coach of the Westchester Track Club, I began to focus on shorter-distance […]