$500 for 500th U.S. Sub-4 Mile

Presented by Running Warehouse & Saucony; also fan shoe giveaway predict the time contest

The United States, to-date, has recorded 494 American Sub-4 Milers and we're giving away $500 for the 500th American* to reach this milestone. For Mile fans, predict the winning time** in the form below...

Danvers Native Piazza Joins Sub-4 Minute Mile Club

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...

We Must Change the Narrative Around Women’s Sports

Bring Back the Mile, a website and community that promotes and celebrates the Mile as a preeminent distance in the United States, has done an excellent job of tracking the American women who have broken 4:30.

By Sally Bergesen, Outside

“What’s the equivalent of the 4 minute Mile for women?”...

Jump Start: The Second Reinvention of Alan Webb

“We were in the running industry for so long, that was really all we were. That’s where all our value was, and I think it’s cool we’re able to take the skills we learned there — the hard work, the discipline, the drive — and transfer them over to a different industry.”

By Dave Devine,...

A Brief History of the Sub-4 Minute Mile

Another U.S. high schooler just went under four, which inspired us to trace the milestone's roots, starting with legend Roger Bannister

By Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online

In early June, Reed Brown, a Texas high school senior, became the tenth U.S. high schooler in history to run the Mile...

Bannister ‘astonished’ sub-4 minute Mile continues to inspire

"I myself was inspired after being taken to see Sydney Wooderson at Crystal Palace and I realized that was the sport I wanted to do."

By Mark Bryans, Press Association

Sir Roger Bannister remains 'astonished' that his achievement of running the first sub-4 minute Mile is still celebrated but...

Sub-4: The Quest for Greatness

By Darrin DeTorres, DistancePreps.com

On a wet and windy day nearly 59 years ago, a young man with a dream of the seemingly impossible became the first runner to break the 4 minute barrier in the Mile. In the 59 years following Roger Bannister’s magical performance, runners all over the world...

Roger’s four minutes to immortality

“There was no logic in my mind that if you can run a Mile in 4 minutes, 1 and 2/5ths, you can’t run it in 3:59. I knew enough medicine and physiology to know it wasn’t a physical barrier, but I think it had become a psychological barrier."

By Stephen Wilson, Irish Examiner

OXFORD - Roger...

Sub-4 at 40?

Legend and Olympic champion John Walker to become the first 40-year-old to break the 4 minute Mile? "I'm not as good as I used to be... I probably haven't got the same desire, but I'm still pretty bloody competitive on the track."

By Merrell Noden, Sports Illustrated

JOHN WALKER KNOWS WHY NO...