Since the Bring Back the Mile launch in January 2012, the Mile's profile & footprint have notably increased along with event prize money and the number of American men & women breaking for the first time the recognized benchmarks: Sub-4 & Sub-4:30. The interactive charts below reflect The BBTM Effect.

CHART 1 note:
With many more on-site races in 2021 vs. 2020, prize money made a nice comeback too, nearly quadrupling, increasing to $382,210 compared to $104,350 in 2020. Excluding the two pandemic years, since 2012, prize money at Mile events has grown by more than $485,000 or 350%.

CHART 2 note:
In 2021,  a record 36 U.S. men ran their first sub-4 minute Mile on the track, and for the 16th consecutive year, the first sub-4 U.S. annual number again reached double digits with an average of 24 first-timers and 40% of the 598 total over the past decade since BBTM’s 2012 launch compared to only 7 per year from 1957-2011, while nine U.S. women ran their first sub-4:30 track Mile (second most ever to the record 10 in 2016), and since 2012, first-time U.S. women to this select club have averaged nearly 6 per year compared to only 1 per year from 1975-2011, or in other words, 60% of the overall total (56 women out of 93) have been run since 2012!

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SOURCE: Bring Back the Mile

Also, another example of The BBTM Effect, since 2015, thirteen U.S. high school boys, out of 18 overall, have clocked a sub-4 minute Mile!

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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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