Mile News


Ryun’s Historic High School Mile Celebrated in San Diego

June 03, 2014

“The Mile will always have a special place in people’s hearts. It transcends track & field, because it’s a very relatable distance.” - Alan Webb

By Richard A. Lovett for Running Times

Fifty years ago on June 5, a scrawny 17-year-old finished last in a historic Mile race in Compton,...

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Leo Manzano: An American Love Story & The Business of Running

June 02, 2014

"I have a new coach, John Hayes, who is in my corner, Hawi is right there and the folks at HOKA ONE ONE are absolutely the best."

By Max Lockwood, RunBlogRun.com

As viewers and spectators of sport, we are often engrossed with the performance of the athletes. They are fierce warriors who take...

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Hilbert, Vorderbruegge Win 15th Platinum Performance State Street Mile

June 01, 2014

Event record-tying six men clock sub-4 minutes; Geoffrey Gray & Brian Duff and Kasey Urman and canines capture unofficial World Championship Dog Mile crowns; 1,000 entrants help raise funds for the District Attorney’s Victim-Witness Assistance Program’s Crime Victim Emergency Fund

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For Roger Bannister, the four-minute Mile was just the start

May 31, 2014

A review of Twin Tracks, by Roger Bannister. Bannister's two brilliant careers, medical and athletic, both show the power of mind over matter

Michael Beloff, The Spectator

The title of this reflective and readable memoir refers to the author’s lifetime interests in sport and medicine — tracks...

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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.

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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.

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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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