Mile News Tagged Jill Geer


Run This Race: The Monumental Mile

May 22, 2017

Celebrate the fact that you have run the most glorious distance in all of running!

By Jill Geer, ​Beyond Monumental

With all due respect to other distances, there are exactly three glamour events in running: The 100 meters, the Mile, and the marathon.

The marathon takes months to train for,...

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USATF’s Hightower Bans the Mile in America

April 01, 2015

Bring Back the Mile calls decision by USATF President “misguided, undemocratic” and asks its supporters to fight the ban and to use hashtag #StopSteph.

By Ian Stewart IV, Associated Press

NEW YORK – (April 1, 2015) – Outgoing USA Track & Field President Stephanie Hightower has banned the...

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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.

ELEVATE
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.

CELEBRATE
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.

NATIONAL MOVEMENT
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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