The Road Runners Club of America (RRCA), a BBTM Founding Partner, hosts national, regional and state Mile championships across the country.
2019 RRCA Mile Championships
National Championship: Swedish American State Street Mile, Rockford, IL, Saturday, August 3
Regional Championships
EASTERN: Dashing Whippets Track Meet 1 Mile, New York, NY, Saturday, May 4
WESTERN: TMC Meet Me Downtown 1 Mile, Tucson, AZ, Saturday, June 1
SOUTHERN: Go! Mile, Little Rock, AR, Saturday, June 15
CENTRAL: The Mile, Terre Haute, IN, Thursday, July 4
Founded in 1958, RRCA, the oldest & largest running organization, champions the development of community-based running clubs & events that serve runners of all ages & abilities in pursuit of health & competition.
See RRCA Mile newsfeed below.
Event to offer $4000 overall prize purse; $1700 for inaugural title tilt
WINCHESTER, Va. - The Collegiate Running Association (CRA) and the Loudoun Street Mile are excited to announce a partnership which will bring the 2019 Collegiate Road Mile National Championship to Winchester, VA. The Mile...
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5th event edition celebrates storied distance for runners of all ages & abilities
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. - Now in its fifth year, the Nash UNC Health Care Rocket Mile returns to the streets of Downtown Rocky Mount on Sunday, May 6 at 2:00pm as the Road Runners Club of America National Championship...
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Second edition offers $3,156 prize money in the Open, Masters and Tutu Mile divisions
From Run Tucson
TUCSON – On Friday evening, May 26, the RRCA National 1 Mile Road Championships will be contested in downtown Tucson, Arizona at the Festival of Miles. The second edition features a $3,156...
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Event hosts 2016 RRCA Southern Region 1 Mile Championship on Saturday, July 30
NEW ORLEANS - The 2nd Power Mile Road Race returns to Lakeview's Harrison Avenue on Saturday, July 30. This year's race will feature several elite runners and will also serve as the RRCA Southern Region 1 Mile...
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And now I'm here... with the chance to earn a spot representing the United States in the Olympic Games. And it almost didn't happen...
By Lex Williams for RRCA.org
RRCA Roads Scholar Lex Williams (2011) is competing in the 1500m at the U.S. Olympic Trials this week in Eugene, OR. Lex also...
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Six Arkansas State Age Group Records set at GO! Mile; RRCA 1 Mile National Championship and Bring Back the Mile Featured Event
By Kelly Richards, ROADIE
The Road Runners Club of America added the Mile to the slate of National Championship races in support of the Bring Back the Mile (America’s...
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Tucson Tutu Mile and RRCA Arizona State Championship Mile on May 27 part of 10th Anniversary of TMC Meet Me Downtown 5K Night Run and Walk and Bring Back the Mile Featured Event 2016
From Run Tucson
Run Tucson and the Southern Arizona Roadrunners are pleased to announce a full weekend of...
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“The Mile is unique because it requires both endurance and speed training to hold race pace - and also later in the final stretch to kick hard when you are hurting."
By Jen A. Miller, The Philadelphia Inquirer
This summer, I ditched my usual fall marathon training and decided to focus on...
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Beginning at 7:00am Saturday, June 20 events will fire off heats along a new route that starts and ends at the Clinton Presidential Center.
By Conley Byrd III, Arkansas Online
Most 5K and 10K races, along with their longer marathon-type cousins, lend themselves to a certain mindset. They...
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Presented by HOKA ONE ONE, the interview series speaks with British and University of Arkansas Mile standout, Gary Taylor, on the Little Rock, AR running community and Saturday's Go! Mile, host of the 2014 RRCA 1 Mile Championship.
By Bring Back the Mile
Gary Taylor is no stranger to...
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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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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.
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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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