Defending champions Manzano, Kampf to face formidable field including Lagat, Centrowitz, Leer, McNamara, Grunewald, Sifuentes and more; $30,000 overall prize purse for 6th edition
By Drake Athletics
Grand Blue Mile race officials today unveiled a prestigious field of invitational championship...
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American Development Program Pro Mile offers $20,000 guaranteed prize purse; third stop on Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2015
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The 2015 GNC Live Well Liberty Mile returns to downtown Pittsburgh on the evening of Friday, July 31. Top American middle distance runners will...
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108th NYRR Millrose Games, set for Saturday, Feb.14, draws stellar international fields with past champions for storied race
NEW YORK — Eight-time champion Bernard Lagat of Tucson, AZ, and New York native and defending champion, Mary Cain, 18, of Portland, OR, will star in the NYRR Wanamaker...
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Mile’s growth and excitement continue as BBTM enters Lap 4
By Ryan Lamppa, BBTM Founder
It’s true: time does fly when you are having fun, and it is truly hard to believe that Bring Back the Mile is celebrating its third birthday and currently working on Lap 4 for the coming year. So what has...
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Cain to Zamperini and more attract Mile fans!
By David Monico, Bring Back the Mile
As 2014 comes to a close we took a look at our website traffic to see what news articles and athletes reigned supreme. Since our launch in January 2012, the bringbackthemile.com website traffic has grown every...
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“Leo is the right athlete for HOKA ONE ONE because he believes in our footwear."
By Jennifer Fierro, DailyTrib.com
BURNET, Texas — When they’re young, people say they put on the fastest shoes in the world.
For 2004 Marble Falls High School graduate Leo Manzano, those shoes also helped him...
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HOKA ONE ONE presents the historic milestones, Mile events and U.S. Milers that headlined the year
By Ryan Lamppa, Bring Back the Mile
Wow, what a year for the Mile as the storied distance had another noteworthy year of milestone anniversaries, exciting races, fast performances, records, new...
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A time of Thanksgiving and ahead more wishes fulfilled for the storied distance
By David Monico, Bring Back the Mile
There are many things to be thankful for this week, but we couldn’t have been more thrilled to see last week that the Mile was included in the list of qualifying events for the...
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“I would love for everyone to have that experience to enjoy running and see what the sport is all about.”
By Todd Straka for Bring Back the Mile
Runners of all ages and talents towered around the 5’ 5” Olympic silver medalist hoping to have a few words or snap a selfie for their social feed....
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Manzano, Centrowitz top 10 finishes in storied Mile in Birmingham, England; 14 men sub-4
By LetsRun.com
Asbel Kiprop hadn’t won a Diamond League 1500 / Mile since the season-opener in Doha on May 9, but there was no doubt about who was best on this day. Kiprop turned on the jets over the...
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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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