A perfect storm of factors leads to a lack of fast 1500 meter times in 2013 for U.S. men
By Peter Gambaccini, Runner's World
As runners line up for the first round of the men’s 1500 meters on Thursday at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, none of them will have the "A"...
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By Down the Backstretch
Macklin Chaffee finished third in the Medtronic TC Mile on May 10 in field full of familiar names--Nick Willis, Garrett Heath, Will Leer--but who is Macklin Chaffee? A graduate of Williams College. Founder of Golden Orb, a web design and development company, and,...
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Pifer, Braun and Solares headline deepest field in meet history; sixth BBTM Tour 2013 stop
ST. LOUIS – The Big River Festival of Miles presented by Under Armour, the sixth stop on the inaugural Bring Back the Mile Tour 2013, has released the field for the Saint Louis Track Club Elite Men’s Mile...
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Leo Manzano's Olympic silver medal hasn't changed his perspective
By Phil Latter, Running Times
Leo Manzano's silver medal in London last summer might have been the American dream come true, but it didn't change his perspective: He's still the immigrant kid, working hard and clawing his way...
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AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin Track Club is presenting the Red Sock Relays at Austin High School from 9:00am - 11:00am on Saturday, May 11, 2013 to benefit The One Fund, a non-profit established to support the victims and survivors of Monday’s attacks at the Boston Marathon. The relays will...
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George Soros, Karl Rove find common ground with $1 million pledge to Bring Back the Mile and to bring America together
NEW YORK – (April 1, 2013) – Forget the sequester, the big news out of Washington, DC is an unprecedented partnership between political opposites George Soros and Karl Rove and...
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By Leah Fisher Nyfeler, Austin Fit Magazine
I confess: The thought of running at an all-comers track meet had me scared to death. I’ve never been in a track meet, although I cheered my son on enthusiastically when he was in middle school (he ran hurdles) and then again when he ran cross...
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St. Louis Track Club Men’s Mile champion could take home $4000, including $1000 meet record bonus; Leo Manzano’s 2009 performance stepping stone for his 2012 Olympic silver medal
By Bring Back the Mile
ST. LOUIS - On a late May evening in 2009, a collegiate star and 2008 Olympian from the...
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National movement to elevate and celebrate storied distance to expand beachhead in 2013; first-year anniversary contest ends Sunday, January 20, 2013
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – (January 16, 2013) – On Friday, January 18, Bring Back the Mile, launched with a YouTube trailer video called “I am the...
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And the future looks bright for the iconic distance in the USA
By Bring Back the Mile
On January 19, 2012, Bring Back the Mile launched with a cardboard sign and video: the start of a movement to return America’s Distance, the Mile, to prominence and to leverage the emotional appeal of this...
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