RUPP HOPES WANAMAKER MILE WILL HELP HIM GET TO BEIJING, FASTERBy David MontiNEW YORK (28-Jan) -- When he steps on the track Friday night for the Wanamaker Mile at the 101st Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden, Galen Rupp will be looking well past t...

For many years, the top athletes in track and field would travel the United States during the winter months, competing on tiny, 11-lap-to-the- mile wooden tracks. Cities like Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Los Angeles and San Francisco, to ...