Queen of the Road Mile seeks title defense and record 4th BBTM Grand Prix Tour crown at The Navy Mile on Sunday, October 6 in the nation’s capital
By David Monico, Bring Back the Mile
Heather Kampf ends her roller coaster, at times frustrating season at The Navy Mile, where she is a two-time...
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Two women go sub-4:30, eight men clock sub-4 minutes in the rain
By Pat Price, Sir Walter Running
RALEIGH, N.C. – After an hour weather delay on Friday evening, in steady rain, the Meredith College track and Sir Walter Miler atmosphere delivered yet again. In the women’s race, a sprint finish...
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NIKE Oregon Project athlete returns to the birthplace of Rock 'n' Roll on Saturday evening to defend his Ed Murphey Memphis Mile title
By David Monico, Bring Back the Mile
Craig Engels has been described as a wanderer. He has displayed one of the best mullets (and mustaches) that you'll come...
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What I believe makes someone a successful runner is listening to their coach and trying to never miss a beat.
By Jeff Benjamin, RunBlogRun
Jacob Thomson recorded his first sub-4 minute Mile at the 5th Sir Walter Miler on Friday, August 3, 2018 at Meredith College. His 3:57.07 was a huge PR...
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Five women and 13 men run sub-4:30 and sub-4 minutes respectively at the fifth edition.
From Sir Walter Miler
RALEIGH, N.C. – For the second year in a row, the Sir Walter Miler Women’s race was decided by a sprint down the home stretch. The race started out with Sara Vaughn going to the front...
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When I finally learned what my time was one of my (VT) teammates started to hug me. It was an incredible moment.
By Jean DePlacido, The Salem News
Drew Piazza keeps getting faster and faster. The Virginia Tech senior from Danvers has had an incredible summer including running a sub-4 minute...
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Craig Engels' famous hair-and-’stache combo in the running world has been chopped to benefit charity.
By Sarah Lorge Butler, Runner's World
Craig Engels has long turned heads for his fast running—and his flowing locks.
At the 2016 U.S. Olympic Track Trials, he was fourth in the 800 meters...
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By Bring Back the Mile
We exchanged emails with rising U.S. Mile star Lauren Johnson ahead of Friday evening's GNC Live Well Liberty Mile showdown in Pittsburgh. Lauren, 30, who is currently living in her hometown of Huntington, Indiana, but is essentially "homeless" this track season before...
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The first person with autism to break 4 minutes in the Mile shows no signs of stopping.
By John Hanc, Runner's World
He’s been profiled on ESPN, on NBC News, and in the Wall Street Journal in the last year alone. But perhaps the apogee of Mikey Brannigan’s career came in September, when he...
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Two more U.S. high school boys go sub-4, Drew Hunter and Michael Slagowski; two historic Olympic 1500 medals won in Rio by Matthew Centrowitz (gold) and Jenny Simpson (bronze); $480,000-plus record prize money awarded; third BBTM Grand Prix Tour sets records and more highlight banner year
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