"It is harder to run a sub four-minute mile, in fact, than it is to run two hours and 20 minutes for the marathon, " he said.

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One is a 3.7 mile link connecting two substations and the other is a 1.1 mile patch that will run along a public roadway to a substation.

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The big race of the first day of the festival is the Sagitta Jockey Club Stakes, a Group Two race for older horses run over one mile four furlongs.

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In towns across the Alps you can rent a sled, take a train or ski lift a mile or two up the hill, and launch yourself on a terrifying run that puts the rides at Disney World to shame.

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