Mile News


Bolas, Kampf Win Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2014 Titles

September 08, 2014

Inaugural grand prix tour with six stops offered more than $85,000 plus $7500 GP purse; Running Warehouse’s “Pick-the-Winner” contest engaged Mile fans at every event

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Jack Bolas and Heather Kampf won the inaugural Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2014 titles with 24...

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Bolas, Kampf Claim Crowns at Minnesota Mile

September 07, 2014

Duo also win inaugural Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2014 titles

From Bob Gustafson

DULUTH, Minn. – Jack Bolas won Sunday’s 8th Grandma’s Minnesota Mile road race in downtown Duluth. Bolas, 26, of Chapel Hill, N.C., finished in 4 minutes, 2.3 seconds and claimed the first-place prize of...

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All Hope is Gone: Brandon Hudgins’ Story

September 04, 2014

If you want something bad enough and have the courage to chase your dreams, you have to be willing to walk through the dark places to get them.

BBTM met Brandon Hudgins at the GNC Live Well Liberty Mile earlier this year, beginning to learn his story. Brandon was diagnosed with Wegener’s...

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Chilliwack WWII Veteran Claims He Broke 4 Minute Mile Before Bannister

September 04, 2014

By  Paul J. Henderson, Chilliwack Times

Sixty years after British runner Roger Bannister was the first to break the 4 minute barrier in the Mile, a Chilliwack man has a bone to pick with history.

“That pissed me off a little because that’s not true,” Cecil Hansford said during a conversation...

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