Snippets: Whatever the stimulus, Lamppa, 52, a Harvard grad and a man passionate about distance running, felt a calling that morning. So he created a campaign: bring back the mile. With a move to the metric system, the distance has lost its luster in the track and field world, but Lamppa longs to rekindle America’s love affair with the mile. Only one state, Massachusetts, runs the mile in its state high school track and field championships. The 49 others line up for the 1,600 meters. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/feb/08/mile-maven-seeks-to-restore-events-onetime-magic/?page=1#article I think the challenge to runners is do you want to compare yourself to the best in the world, or the rest of the country. Are you a world class athlete or a neighborhood athlete. What this guy wants is a giant step backward.
