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Making the Most of Your Mile: Footloose Freedom Mile

July 03, 2013

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...

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A Mile in my shoes

July 02, 2013

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...

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As American as apple pie: Anchorage brings back the Mile

July 02, 2013

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...

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Here Comes Mary Cain

July 01, 2013

Just 17, the self-described nerd from Bronxville High, N.Y. has emerged as the fastest young female middle-distance running in U.S. history; now she'll take on the best Open runners at the World Championships this August in Moscow

By Tim Layden, Sports Illustrated

In some distant, imagined...

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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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