Inaugural Pikes Peak High-Altitude Mile Set for August 13

One-of-a-kind Mile to be contested at more than 14,100 feet; $3700 prize purse; part of Pikes Peak Marathon and Ascent week

MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. – With a rust-colored cap of granite boulders, a hard-blue sky overhead, and precious little air to breathe, the summit of Pikes Peak is like an...

Making the Most of Your Mile: Footloose Freedom Mile

By Bring Back the Mile

The Footloose Freedom Mile is held in the running mecca of Mammoth Lakes, California at the crisp elevation of 7,880 feet. The eighth stop on the inaugural BBTM Tour 2013, the Footloose Freedom Mile is organized by the Mammoth Track Club and held right on the Mammoth...

A Mile in my shoes

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...

As American as apple pie: Anchorage brings back the Mile

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...