75-Year-Old Nebraska Man Breaks Six Minutes in the Mile

Lynn Rathjen, a high school cross-country coach and retired physical therapist in Grand Island, Nebraska, has been running consistently for the past 40 years. But he didn’t give a whole lot of thought to setting age-group records until his son, Andrew, looked them up. As Rathjen was approaching…

Hot Weather Hydration Tips

Steaming hot summers bring up nutrition questions for runners who are training and competing in the heat: How can I tell if I’ve had enough to drink?Should I be consuming extra electrolytes?Is it possible to drink too much?” With summers getting hotter and longer, here are some practical hot…

Klecker and Hoare Break Colorado’s 4-Minute Mile Barrier

No runner had ever run a mile in less than four minutes in the state of Colorado—until now. In a certified intrasquad time trial on Monday, August 3, Olli Hoare and Joe Klecker, of the newly formed On Athletics Club, became the first two people to ever run a sub-four-minute mile in…