The Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour is a series of the nation's best Mile events and top Mile athletes, presented in partnership with Running Warehouse. Learn more on the BBTM Tour page linked above in the top menu bar. Tour news below.
Grand prix tour includes 5 stops; total Tour prize purse exceeds $100,000; Camel City Elite Mile opens Tour 2016 on Saturday, January 30; Running Warehouse’s “Pick-the-Winner” fan engagement contest also returns
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – (January 27, 2016) – Bring Back the Mile, the national...
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Play the field with BBTM's Pick-the-Winner contest presented by Running Warehouse and win Saucony shoes, Epson GPS + Heart watch and BBTM swag; Camel City Elite Mile races highlight an incredible Saturday of competition at JDL Fast Track
By Bring Back the Mile
The BBTM GP Tour 2016 kicks off...
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Two HSers go sub-4, record annual first sub-4 for U.S. men, NCAA coaches vote YES to run the Mile again at outdoor Championships, $365,000-plus record prize money, BBTM Grand Prix Tour and more highlight year for storied distance
By Ryan Lamppa, Bring Back the Mile
To say the least, it was...
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Grand prix tour with 4 stops awarded more than $80,000 plus $7500 GP purse; Running Warehouse’s “Pick-the-Winner” contest engaged Mile fans at every event for second edition
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Jack Bolas and Heather Kampf defended their Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour titles with 16...
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$20,100 awarded in prize money; Bolas defends Minnesota Mile and also captures BBTM GP Tour 2015
From Grandma's Marathon
DULUTH, Minn. - Jack Bolas and Gabriele (Gabe) Grunewald won Sunday morning’s 9th Grandma’s Minnesota Mile road race in downtown Duluth. Bolas, 27, of High Bridge, N.J.,...
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The 9th edition, with a $20,100 prize purse, is the finale of the Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2015; final GP positions and prize money will be decided in downtown Duluth on Sunday, September 13
From Grandma's Marathon
Whether you want to take a leisurely stroll through the heart of...
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Minnesota Mile favorite and 3:53 Miler on NJ*NY TC, Frank the Tank vs. Michael Jordan and foregoing European track to compete in the U.S.
By Bring Back the Mile
As with many boys growing up in the 90s, Jack Bolas wanted to be "Like Mike", especially for a boy growing up in Chapel Hill, NC....
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An event record 1,500-plus participants at fourth edition; third stop on the Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2015
By Ryan Lamppa, The Mile wire
PITTSBURGH – (July 31, 2015) – At the 4th GNC Live Well Liberty Mile on a warm, humid Friday evening in downtown Pittsburgh, two Milers, who are...
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“America really has almost a duty to keep the Mile alive... It’s our event as Americans, and I think it’s really up to us to keep it alive and to keep it in the spotlight.” - Jordan McNamara
By Megan Ryan, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Usually when someone thinks of something “hot” and “sexy,” it...
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Thirteen sub-4 minute men’s Milers and five sub-4:30 minute women’s Milers expected in Steel City for Friday evening, July 31 event; $25,000 prize purse; third stop on Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2015
From P3R Events
A prize purse of $25,000 has attracted some of the country’s top...
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