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GNC Live Well Liberty Mile Celebrates 5th Edition with New Date, Increased Prize Purse

June 30, 2016

Fifth stop on the BBTM Grand Prix Tour 2016, the downtown Pittsburgh road race offers an event record $30,000, one of the largest prize purses for a Mile in the country

PITTSBURGH - P3R will celebrate the 5th anniversary of the GNC Live Well Liberty Mile with a new September date and an...

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GO! Mile One Lap, One Mile, One Fast Little Race

June 29, 2016

Six Arkansas State Age Group Records set at GO! Mile; RRCA 1 Mile National Championship and Bring Back the Mile Featured Event

By Kelly Richards, ROADIE

The Road Runners Club of America added the Mile to the slate of National Championship races in support of the Bring Back the Mile (America’s...

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Four Reasons Why More High Schoolers Are Running Sub-4

June 16, 2016

"When you see someone that’s your peer and a fellow competitor run really well, it’s definitely motivating.” - Grant Fisher

By John Kissane, Runner's World

When 18-year-old Michael Slagowski stopped the clock at 3:59.53 to win the Jesuit Twilight Mile on April 29 in Portland, Oregon, he...

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McNamara shines again, wins 4th Festival of Miles title

June 02, 2016

2,500 fans also witness thrilling girls high school Mile and boys high school Mile meet record by Jon Davis

By Ben Rosario, Festival of Miles

ST. LOUIS - The 9th Festival of Miles at St. Louis University High School on Thursday night saw the meet add three more sub-4 minute Mile performances...

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Could the Mile be just the thing to entice new runners?

June 02, 2016

“The Mile is so embedded in American culture, and the near-ideal fitness distance is the Mile. Ten or 15 minutes of running and people get a health and fitness benefit.”

By Colleen Schrappen, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If running coach Ben Rosario is correct, witnessing elite Milers clock in...

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Bringing Back the Mile

June 02, 2016

To race a Mile is to take part in one of running’s most iconic events. It’s also the ideal way to test your fitness and break out of one-pace training

By Edward Price, The Guardian

In the minds of most runners, the marathon looms large as the ultimate distance. It is both a supreme test of...

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Meet Me Downtown run has more in store this weekend

May 27, 2016

Started by Randy & Tia Accetta 10 years ago to promote downtown Tucson through fitness and social activities for all ages and abilities, this year, they added the Mile festival on Friday evening to get Tucson moving, while having fun.

By Angela Pittenger, Arizona Daily Star

It’s not your...

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Aetna new Title Sponsor of the Falmouth Mile

May 13, 2016

Elite Mile to return as a highlight of New Balance Falmouth Road Race Weekend

FALMOUTH, Mass. — Aetna, the Hartford, Conn.-based health care company, will become the title sponsor of the elite Falmouth Mile, race organizers have announced.

The Aetna Falmouth Mile, with a prize purse totaling...

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Lessons from László Tábori

May 05, 2016

Five things we can learn from the third man to break 4 minutes for the Mile

By Bring Back the Mile for Meter Magazine

When we interviewed László Tábori for Issue #04 of METER Magazine, we sat down with him for more than two hours. Beyond his life story of how he came to be the third man to...

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Pledging Now Open for Global Running Day and First-Ever Million Kid Run on June 1

May 02, 2016

The Million Kid Run is about making fitness fun, and inspiring kids to embrace running as a way to get healthy and fit.

NEW YORK — Pledging for Global Running Day and the inaugural Million Kid Run on Wednesday, June 1 is now open on globalrunningday.org. Runners of all ages and abilities can...

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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.

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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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