Event again hosts USA 1 Mile Road Championships as well as BBTM Grand Prix #Tour2018 opener; Drake Relays event director Blake Boldon discusses 2018 fields, shares what's new for this year and more!
By Bring Back the Mile
The USATF 1 Mile Road Championship returns to Des Moines for the second...
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Katie Mackey to defend women’s national title; $25,000 guaranteed national championship purse with $5000 for each national champion; also the Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix #Tour2018 season opener
From Grand Blue Mile
DES MOINES, Iowa - Grand Blue Mile race officials have announced the fields...
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Without an amazing “pit crew” of selfless individuals who have supported me, there’s no way I would have made it this far!
From AthleteBiz
Katie Mackey raced to an eighth place finish in the 3000m at the World Indoor Championships earlier this year, securing herself as a top competitor among...
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“Instead I was thinking, ‘No. I’m going to make this team.’ I had very positive, confident thoughts.”
By Erin Strout, Outside magazine
She just made her first national team—after 13 failed attempts
When Katie Mackey, a professional runner for the Brooks Beasts, turned 30 last November, she...
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Record prize money awarded exceeds $500,000, Blankenship & Lipari win BBTM Grand Prix Tour titles, one more U.S. HSer sub-4, the brothers Ingebrigtsen make history, greatest women’s Mile ever and more highlight year
By Ryan Lamppa, Bring Back the Mile
Since the Bring Back the Mile launch in...
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Weekend camp for high school girls provides running tips & tools, life lessons and more!
By Katie Mackey, Brooks Beasts Track Club
Imagine that you have a toolbox, and you need to hang a picture on the wall. You’d need to grab a hammer, some nails and maybe a leveler, but when you look into...
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“I would wear the same socks to every race and use lucky body wash the night before. It was exhausting to keep up.” - Katie Mackey
By Cindy Kuzma, Runner's World
If you follow Olympian Molly Huddle on Instagram, you know she has a secret—beyond arduous training—to her successful performances:...
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Grand prix tour with 5 stops awarded more than $100,000 plus $10,000 #Tour2017 GP purse; Clayton Murphy & Emily Lipari earn Tour Performance-of-the-Year bonus; Running Warehouse’s “Pick-the-Winner” online contest at every stop for fourth edition
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – At the Bring Back the...
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Top fields to vie for $15,000 guaranteed prize purse plus time bonuses at New Balance Falmouth Road Race Weekend track event on Saturday, August 19
From New Balance Falmouth Road Race
FALMOUTH, Mass. – Nick Willis, the two-time Olympic medalist at 1500 meters, and three-time winner Katie...
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6th edition in downtown Pittsburgh offers $30,000 prize purse presented by GNC Live Well; third stop on BBTM Grand Prix Tour 2017
From P3R
PITTSBURGH - Defending GNC Live Well Liberty Mile champions Heather Kampf and Ben Blankenship will return to the City of Champions to defend their titles...
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