An audience that cares about the outcome and understands how to measure success is what ‘Bring Back the Mile,’ a growing movement in America, wants to see much more often.
By Kerry Gillespie, Toronto Star Touch
It comes right after the U.S. national anthem and many spectators don’t bother...
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The Canadian standout and 2013 NYRR Wanamaker Mile champion explains why getting to college was easier after the club experience north of the border.
By Liam Boylan-Pett from Running Times
Who: Sheila Reid
High School: Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Newmarket, Ontario, Class of 2007
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By Joe Battaglia for the IAAF
NEW YORK, USA - As the pulsating stadium anthem reverberated through the 168th Street Armory in Upper Manhattan, Mary Cain punched the sides of her legs with clenched fists and whispered, “Come on!” to herself as she turned back toward the starting line.
While...
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She has the fastest Mile time of the year among entrants for March 2-3 indoor championships.
By Peter Gambaccini, Runner's World
Mary Cain has entered the 800-meter run and the Mile at the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships, to be held March 2 and 3 in Albuquerque. The 16-year-old...
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Sheila Reid had Mary Cain join her on victory lap.
By Peter Gambaccini, Runner's World
The headliners at Saturday’s Millrose Games at the Armory were, as usual, Bernard Lagat, who set a new American indoor two-Mile record of 8:09.49, and this winter’s biggest star and fan favorite, Mary Cain...
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Multiple records topple in the Armory Saturday night as high school phenom Mary Cain betters her own U.S. record, while Lomong and O’Hare take the storied race into new terrain.
By Duncan Larkin, Mile wire
NEW YORK – Under the bright lights and amidst the roaring of a sold-out crowd at the...
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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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