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Bring Back the Mile Featured on New Zealand’s RadioLIVE NZ Show

July 06, 2014

Why bother to bring back the Mile? Isn’t it from a time past?

For his RadioLIVE NZ show on Sunday, July 6, host Mark Sainsbury of New Zealand interviewed several people and groups who are trying to “bring back” something including BBTM’s founder Ryan Lamppa.

New Zealand has a rich running...

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Louie Zamperini, Subject of “Unbroken”, Dies at 97

July 03, 2014

His resilience under unspeakable suffering as Japanese POW during World War II more than earned him every moment of this later heroic acclaim.

By Roger Robinson, Runner's World

Louis Zamperini, a 1936 U.S. Olympian at 5000 meters and the subject of the best-selling book Unbroken, has died at...

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Welcome back, Leo!

July 02, 2014

“I stepped off the track and thought. I don’t have the support or the guidance. Okay, what’s next? Am I truly done?”

By SPIKES powered by IAAF

You would imagine winning an Olympic silver medal might open up a welter of opportunities and untold riches. Not for Leo Manzano, whose 18 months...

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Inaugural Sir Walter Miler Set for August 1 in Raleigh

June 30, 2014

Matthew Elliott first announced top Miler; community track event to feature Women’s Sub-4.5 and Men’s Sub-4 Challenges

RALEIGH, N.C. – The inaugural Sir Walter Miler will take place on Friday, August 1, 2014 at the Meredith College Track. The event will start at 9:00pm. The event is building on...

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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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