Mile News


A Mile in my shoes

July 02, 2013

Big Wild Life Runs gets A-plus for bringing back iconic race; "More than 30 years later, I remember this as a Chariots of Fire moment"

By Melissa DeVaughn, Alaska Coast magazine

I still remember the first time I ran the Mile. I was in fifth grade, and Mrs. Foster, my teacher, challenged our...

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As American as apple pie: Anchorage brings back the Mile

July 02, 2013

Following national trend, this new race should draw a crowd

By Rebecca Coolidge, Alaska Coast magazine

Lately it seems as though you can’t pick up a running publication or visit a running website without seeing articles or chatter about the Mile run. The Bring Back the Mile campaign has been...

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Here Comes Mary Cain

July 01, 2013

Just 17, the self-described nerd from Bronxville High, N.Y. has emerged as the fastest young female middle-distance running in U.S. history; now she'll take on the best Open runners at the World Championships this August in Moscow

By Tim Layden, Sports Illustrated

In some distant, imagined...

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Testing Manchester Mile Seen as a Battle of the Best

July 01, 2013

By John Habib, New Hampshire Union Leader

A week after he posted his personal best time by almost a full second in the 800 meters at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, Brian Gagnon of Lowell, Mass. is hoping to rewrite the record book in the Queen City.

Gagnon...

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to inspire Americans to run the Mile as part of their fitness program and to replace the 1600 meters at High School State Track & Field Meets across the country.

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