Mile News


Welcome to Mile City USA

January 08, 2013

By George Perry, Austin Track Club

Are you ready to become a citizen of Mile City USA?  Here’s how to do it:

Come out and run a Mile with the Austin Track Club at any of the Mile City Series events.  You’ll get points just for participating.  If you place in the top 4 in your age group,...

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Meet Matt Maldonado, the best Miler you don’t know

January 08, 2013

By Ryan from Flotrack

Matt Maldonado was a 4:12 high school Miler who ran to Jamba Juice for practice, but started taking things more serious after his junior XC season. He went to college at Long Beach State and showed steady improvement, but after a 3:44 sophomore season he became anemic and...

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Dr. Sport: Catching Up to Bannister Was Thrill of a Lifetime

January 06, 2013

By Greg Douglas, Vancouver Sun

SCENE & HEARD: Lorne Evans was seven years old when his mom, who worked at the PNE, snuck him into Empire Stadium to watch England's Roger Bannister and Australian John Landy compete in what would become known the world over as the Miracle Mile. The date was Aug....

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2013: The Four Minute Mile is Under Attack

January 02, 2013

By Scott Bush, RunnerSpace

We're counting down five of our favorite topics to follow in the distance running world in 2013. The first is the push to break the four minute Mile from a trio of prep athletes. It's been nearly 50 years since there's been as much top-end depth in the event and we...

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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.

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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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