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On April 12, 1974, Francie Larrieu set the U.S. Mile record, clocking 4:37.88 at the Texas Relays in Austin, TX; overall, legend Larrieu would set six outdoor U.S. Mile records during her career, the most of any American, male or female! #wow

News

4.10.24

Mt. Olive Pickles announces $10,000 Road Mile World Record Bonus at 2024 Meck Mile

Inaugural event offers a $20,000 pro prize purse, going 6-deep per...


3.18.24

Rio Olympic champion Matthew Centrowitz: “This is my last year.”

“I just want to finish up on a high note and ride off into the...


4.7.24

Sadie Engelhardt three-peats at Arcadia Invite Mile

Junior from Ventura High in California runs #2 all-time prep...


4.17.24

Elite Fields set for USATF 1 Mile Road Championships at the Grand Blue Mile

Past national champions Ciattei, Lipari, Smith headline in the...



Featured Athletes

Rachel Smith

DOB: 07/18/91 Mile PR:
4:20.91 - 2019
Metric Mile PR:
4:02.26 - 2019

Emily Lipari

DOB: 11/19/92 Mile PR:
4:21.33 (road) - 2022
Metric Mile PR:
4:05.68 - 2018

Vincent Ciattei

DOB: 01/21/95 Mile PR:
3:50.3 (road) - 2023
Metric Mile PR:
3:34.57 - 2021

Cooper Teare

DOB: 08/18/99 Mile PR:
3:50.17 (indoors) โ€“ 2022
Metric Mile PR:
3:32.74 - 2023


Featured Events

15th Grand Blue Mile: USA Road Championships

Tues, April 23
Des Moines, IA

Mile of Truth

Sun, May 19
Danville, CA

Inaugural Meck Mile

Sat, May 25
Charlotte, NC

5th Yakima Mile

Sat, July 13
Yakima, WA

Twitter

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  • @ChrisChavez @BarstoolBigCat @BarstoolYak Bringing "The Mile" to the people โฑ๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐ŸŽ‰
  • ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—™ ๐Ÿญ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ Elite runners will descend upon Des Moines two weeks from today on Tuesday, Aprilโ€ฆ twitter.com/i/web/status/1โ€ฆ
  • @TheRealMerb Officially jumped the shark ๐Ÿฆˆ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ˜ข

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