Inaugural Bring Back the Mile Tour 2013 Ends with a Flourish

Highlights of national promotional tour of iconic distance include thrilling races and numerous meet, U.S. Junior, NCAA, course and State records; $120,000 awarded to top Milers

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – (September 12, 2013) – The inaugural Bring Back the Mile Tour 2013, showcasing 14 events nationwide, produced exciting Mile racing throughout the year including the Tour finale at the Minnesota Mile on Sunday, September 8 where Americans Ben Blankenship and Gabriele Anderson shattered course records, clocking 3 minutes, 52.7 seconds and 4:21.3, respectively, and running the fastest Miles ever in Minnesota. Bring Back the Mile (BBTM), launched in January 2012, is a national campaign to elevate and celebrate the iconic distance.

“The first Bring Back the Mile Tour exceeded our expectations, with numerous thrilling Tour event finishes and record or near record number of participants for virtually every Tour event as well as many national, NCAA, state and event records were set,” BBTM Founder Ryan Lamppa said. “The Tour events, which awarded $120,000 in prize money, and the top Milers inspired, engaged and entertained runners of all ages and abilities, the media, fans and the general public, and we look forward to bringing back the Tour in 2014 to create more Mile magic.”

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Centrowitz, Lakhouad Win New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Miles

Wynne, Frazier high school Mile champions; NBIGP kick-off to the Bring Back the Mile Tour 2013

By Jim Gerweck, The Mile wire

BOSTON – (February 2, 2013) – When it comes to the Mile, the 2013 indoor track season has been thus far quite thrilling with Mary Cain’s U.S. high school record and Galen Rupp’s sub-3:51, and on Saturday, at the 18th edition of the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center, it was tactics over time, at least in the Open divisions of the event.

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Bring Back the Mile Tour to Begin Saturday

January 29, 2013

By Barbara Huebner, NYRR News Service

The inaugural Bring Back the Mile Tour, consisting of 13 events across the United States, will kick off on Saturday with men’s and women’s miles at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston and the Camel City Indoor Mile in Winston-Salem, NC.

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Q and A: Galen Rupp, the New Magnificent Miler

January 28, 2013

By New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

BOSTON - Galen Rupp on Saturday became the fifth-fastest indoor Miler in history—behind only Hicham el Guerrouj, Eamonn Coghlan, Bernard Lagat and Noureddine Morceli—when he ran 3:50.92 at the Boston University Terrier Invitational.

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Top Junior Milers Set for New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston

BOSTON – (Jan. 24, 2013) – True to the sport’s roots, the country’s top high school indoor milers will once again descend on Boston for the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix to try to claim a victory in what is the top event of its kind each year.

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Galen Rupp Looks to Join the Sub-3:50 Mile Club

January 22, 2013

By Mitch Kastoff, Flotrack

Rupp and Salazar’s decision to race a Mile at the UW Indoor Preview and the upcoming Boston University Terrier Invitational shows that the Olympic silver medalist wants to fine tune his gears for the upcoming 3000m showdown at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.

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Action was fast, high and dramatic at 2012 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

BOSTON (Feb. 4) – From a razor-close finish in the women’s 800 meters to a dramatic crash in the men’s Mile to an American Record in the pole vault, the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix offered something for every one of the 4,072 fans in the sold-out Reggie Lewis Center tonight. Read complete article at NBINdoorGrandPrix.com.