The Millrose Games was February 1, 2026.
Cole Hocker, Paris 2025 gold at 1,500 meters, Tokyo gold at 5,000 meters, won the MIllrose 2 mile in spectacular fashion, in 8:07.31 over Josh Kerr, World Indoor gold at 3,000m, World outdoor gold at 1,500 meters, Oly bronze and silver at 1,500 meters, and Parker Wolfe, NCAA 5000m champ, US XC champ and top US finisher at the World Cross, among a stellar field.
The Millrose presserwas Friday, January 30. Jeff Benjamin, senior writer for RunBlogRun and the RunningNetwork asked Cole a provocative question, “Do you have a race that changed the trajectory of your career? What was that race?”
Cole Hocker smiled, thought about it for a second, and responded:
Special thanks to Cole Hocker!
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Jeff Benjamin has written for 30 years for American Track and Field along with RunBlogRun. The Former President of the Staten Island AC & Chair of the Staten Island Running Association was the 5th man scorer for his Susan Wagner High School NYC XC City Championship team. Also a member of the College of Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame for XC, Jeff currently serves as the LDR Chairman for USATF NY. A passionate (or fanatical) follower of the Sport, some of Jeff’s subjects have included Sebastian Coe, Emma Coburn, Eamonn Coghlan, Matt Centrowitz, Jim Spivey, Galen Rupp, Joe Newton, Tom Fleming, Ajee’ Wilson, Bill Rodgers, Allan Webb, Abel Kiviat, Jordan Hassay, Marty Liquori, Caster Semenya, Rod Dixon, Carl Lewis and Jim Ryun as well as Book Reviews and articles covering meets and races in the Northeast U.S.
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America’s first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: “I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself.” Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.
Theme song: Greg Allman, ” I’m no Angel.”
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