Exclusive, one-of-a-kind Mile gear and more to elevate, celebrate storied distance; holiday special includes $3.59 discount for Mile Maniacs
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – (November 27, 2013) – Bring Back the Mile and RunFanShop.com announce a partnership to sell Mile-centric shirts on-line. Bring...
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Highlights of national promotional tour of iconic distance include thrilling races and numerous meet, U.S. Junior, NCAA, course and State records; $120,000 awarded to top Milers
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The inaugural Bring Back the Mile Tour 2013, showcasing 14 events nationwide, produced...
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The road Mile is simultaneously alluring and terrifying; it's also gaining in popularity; as American as baseball and apple pie
By Erin Strout, Running Times
While the majority of the running world spends its time focused on how to cover 26.2 miles as quickly as possible, it's curious why...
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DC Road Runners 1 Mile, the 9th stop on the inaugural Bring Back the Mile Tour, set for Wednesday, July 24; also RRCA national championship
By Mary Doman, ActiveLifeDC.com
If you’re still feeling patriotic after the 4th of July (or, feeling like you need to sweat off that extra slice of...
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Thousands of Americans to take part in a nationwide celebration; Bring Back the Mile encourages everybody to run a Mile or two
For the fifth consecutive year, runners will use National Running Day to get inspired and motivated, and to celebrate the reasons and people that make running a special...
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Bring Back the Mile national campaign seeks to elevate and celebrate the iconic distance
By Caroline Dohack, Columbia Daily Tribune
If Romeo and Juliet had been running partners instead of star-crossed lovers, our girl might have said to her beau, "What's in a name? That which we call a Mile...
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By Jim Gerweck, Stamford Advocate
At last Tuesday's FCIAC outdoor track championships, two girls ran what might have been one of the greatest races in the history of the league -- and it basically didn't mean a damn thing.
To paraphrase Shakespeare, it was a race full of speed and glory,...
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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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Runners find renewed appreciation for the iconic distance.
By Mackenzie Lobby, Innovation for Endurance
Not many sports have it: It's what Ryan Lamppa calls the "Roger Bannister moment." Bannister was the first person to break the 4:00-minute Mile on May 6, 1954 on Oxford's Iffley Road Track,...
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Historic Irish Mile attracts international talent each year including top Americans
By Bring Back the Mile & Morton Games
The Morton Games and Bring Back the Mile (BBTM) announce that they have entered into a partnership to support the storied Morton Mile, a race with a rich history going...
Read More commentsReturn 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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