As we prepare for the Olympic Games rescheduled for next year and Billy Mills‘ return to Tokyo, where it all began, we are excited to introduce a new series, Road to Tokyo. Each month until the Games begin, Billy will share never-before-heard stories from his time at and leading up to the Olympics in 1964.
It’s a cool Saturday afternoon, June 6th, 1964. I am at the United States Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia, the site of the All-Military
Coach Thompson and I are having a brief meeting. It is a sunny morning with a forecast of 72° by mid-afternoon. I have just finished
It is the 1st of March 1964 and I have been training at Camp Pendleton for a mere 10 days. Coach Thompson and I are
It is January 3, 1964 and I can’t get the St. Sylvester Midnight Run on December 31, 1963, (running out the old year and running
Food Poisoning and a Lost Shoe: Billy Mills’ Turbulent End to 1963 The Contenders It is a very cold Saturday morning, November 30, 1963, as
Adapt and Overcome: Billy Mills’ Battle with Diabetes and Depression Accepting, Adapting and Overcoming It’s now the middle of October 1963. Last month, on September
