"The Dagbreek / Maties Street Mile is a highlight of the South African season for me. I won't miss it for anything, and hopefully I will be able to run a sub-4 minute Mile there."
From Stellenbosch University
These are the words of the current South African record holder in the Mile, Johan...
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"The most important part of your body for running is the 7 inches above your neck!"
By Jeff Benjamin, RunBlogRun
Jeff Benjamin reached out to one of America's finest Milers, Jim Spivey right after the Millrose Games. Now a manager at ASICS America, Jim has served the sport as an athlete,...
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“The sooner I go through these growing pains, the better off I’ll be in the long run.”
By Elizabeth Weil, The New York Times Magazine
Mary Cain stood near the starting line with 31 other high-school girls at a track in Greensboro, N.C., in June 2011, waiting to run in the national...
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Administrator set records for Penn track in 70s including the first Ivy League athlete to run a sub-4 minute Mile.
By Steven Jacobson, The Daily Pennsylvanian
As a bookish, unathletic high school freshman, Elton Cochran-Fikes shuddered at the idea of anything having to do with sports.
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Return the Mile to prominence on the American & worldwide sports and cultural landscape by elevating and celebrating the Mile to create a movement.
ELEVATE
Bring Back the Mile as the premier event in the sport, and increase interest in and media coverage of the Mile for both those who love the distance as well as the general public.
CELEBRATE
Bring Back the Mile to celebrate the storied distance and to recognize the people who made and make the Mile great and to promote Mile events and the next generation of U.S. Milers.
NATIONAL MOVEMENT
Bring Back the Mile to create a national movement for the Mile as America’s Distance, 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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