Tired of the marathon? Try the Mile!

“Training for a Mile, you get all sides of the spectrum. You train for speed and train for endurance."

By Andrew Gates, RunWashington.com

“I love the Mile,” said DC’s Henry Wigglesworth, who considers it his favorite race distance. The 61-year-old has fallen in love with the Mile after years...

A Select Group: Only 25 men have gone sub-4 and sub-2:10

2016 Olympic Marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge best / lowest Mile-marathon time; four Americans: Galen Rupp, Alan Culpepper, Ken Martin & Greg Meyer members of rare club; Meyer the first member

By Bring Back the Mile

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article has been updated from the original September 2014...

Making the Most of Your Mile: The Navy Mile

BBTM GP Tour final stop on Sunday, September 30 celebrates its 4th year of Mile races on Pennsylvania Avenue in our nation's capital

By David Monico, Bring Back the Mile

The 4th The Navy Mile, presented by USAA and final stop on the BBTM Grand Prix Tour 2018 can be broken up, much like the...

Runners rejoice, the Mile is returning to Santa Rosa

“In general, across the United States, there is growing fever of ‘bring back the Mile.’ It’s just gaining momentum.”

By Kerry Benefield, Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Carlos Perez thought he had a bright idea for a new running race in Santa Rosa. But when he pitched a 5K or 10K (to be staged on...

Ed Murphey Memphis Mile Joins Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2018

5th Tour edition features 6 stops offering a guaranteed Tour prize purse of $135,000; Running Warehouse’s fan engagement online contest at each Tour event

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Bring Back the Mile, the national campaign to elevate & celebrate the iconic distance, has announced that the Ed...

Sir Walter Running’s Summer of Miles: Pop Up Miles Season 4

New this year: Session at the Speedway, a multiple distance event on Tuesday, June 19

RALEIGH, N.C. - Now in its fourth season, Sir Walter Running's free community track series, Pop Up Miles, returns to its standard Tuesday nights starting on June 5. The rotating venue series started in 2015,...

Clark, Van Der Wyk Win State Street Mile Titles

Event record 11 men go sub-4 minutes at the “fastest Mile in the west”; 19th edition draws 1,200 entrants; race proceeds go to Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Crime Victim Emergency Fund

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – On a beautiful sunny Sunday morning in downtown Santa Barbara, Connor Clark of...

The Bowerman Mile: Why It Matters

“That’s why some meets like the Prefontaine keep the Mile. They understand how important it is.”

By August Howell

For nearly every professional sport, there are certain numbers and statistics that are recognized as a pinnacle of achievement: Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak, Kareem...

Does Sebastian Coe’s Mile plan have the potential to help revive athletics?

There are plenty of ways to skin a cat or, indeed, to pace a Mile, but perhaps embracing history is as valid as opening new frontiers.

By Nick Butler, InsideTheGames.biz

Sebastian Coe pretended to have gone off-piste during a press conference yesterday by "accidentally" revealing plans to...

IAAF, CGF consider restoring Mile to Commonwealth Games athletics program

The Mile "is something that we have been talking with the IAAF about recently, particularly with the passing of Roger Bannister."

By Nick Butler, InsideTheGames.biz

A Mile race could be added to the program for future editions of the Commonwealth Games as part of a broader attempt to embrace...