The Millrose Games took place on February 1, 2026.
Cole Hawker, Paris 2025 Gold 1500m, Tokyo Gold 5000m, Wins MIllrose 2 Mile in impressive fashion, 8:07.31 over Josh Kerr, World Indoor Gold 3000m, World Outdoor Gold 1500m and Parkersill 1,500m, Bronze 5, 500m Olim Wolff, NCAA 5,000m champion, US XC champion and top US soccer player at World Cross, star field.
Millrose press service on Friday 30th January. Jeff Benjamin, senior writer for RunBlogRun and RunningNetwork, asked Cole a provocative question.
Cole Hawker smiled, thought for a second and replied.
Special thanks to Cole Hawker.
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Jeff Benjamin has written for American Track and Field along with RunBlogRun for 30 years. The former Staten Island AC President and President of the Staten Island Running Association was the 5th goal scorer for her Susan Wagner High School NYC XC City Championship team. Also a member of the Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame for XC, Jeff currently serves as the USATF NY LDR Chair. An avid (or fanatical) follower of the sport, some of Jeff’s subjects include: Sebastian Coe, Emma Coburn, Eamonn Coghlan, Matt Centrowitz, Jim Spivey, Galen Rupp, Joe Newton, Tom Fleming, Agee Wilson, Bill Rogers, Allan Webb, Jordan Keyes, Abelor. Rod Dixon, Carl Lewis, and Jim Ryun, as well as Book Reviews and Articles Covering Encounters and Tribes in the Northeastern US
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Larry Eder has been involved in athletics for 52 years. Larry has experienced sports as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now a journalist and blogger. His first article, about Don Bowden, America’s first 4-minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from USA Track and Field to the American version of Spikes magazine. He currently leads content and marketing development for RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. On RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: “I have to admit, I love traveling to long-distance meets, writing about the sport I love and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most I’ve ever done besides running.” Also does some updates for BBC Sports at major events which he really enjoys.
Theme Song: “I’m No Angel” by Gregg Allman.
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