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Mile wire #4-07-12
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BARBARA, Calif. ÛÒ The Mile wire is a regular update on the best
stories, exclusive interviews and everything Mile-related.
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Bring Back the Mile Accepts Magic Mile Global Team Challenge |
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Bring Back the Mile has accepted the Magic Mile Global Team Challenge that was recently announced by the MarathonTALK crew in Great Britain. The main objectives of the Magic Mile competition, to be held September 3-16, are to see how fast you can run a Mile and to promote fun and fitness via the most iconic distance in sport. In the Challenge, BBTM will be leading the Team USA effort, while MarathonTALK will represent Team UK, and The Naked Runners from Australia, Team Rest of the World. Continue reading at bringbackthemile.com.
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America’s #1 sports city hosts a fast, hot, $25,000 Mile showdown. We sat down with Patrice Matamoros, Race Director for the inaugural GNC Live Well Liberty Mile in Pittsburgh, a Bring Back the Mile Featured Event Partner. A passionate Steel City resident and road race promoter extraordinaire, she discusses the road to launching the Liberty Mile, the uniquness of the distance, supporting professional athletes and challenging anyone and everyone to run fast. Patrice has served as the race director of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon since 2008, successfully re-launching it after a 5 year hiatus. Continue reading at bringbackthemile.com.
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In honor of the Olympic Games we have an extended Mile Guide in which we take you through a couple of recent memorable international Miles, the 1500 meter Olympic schedule, and a plethora of Miles taking place across the country. Continue reading at bringbackthemile.com.
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| By Philip Hersh, Chicago Tribune | |
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At the London Diamond League track meet July 13, ten of the 11 finishers in the men’s Mile run broke four minutes. The only rare thing now about that time is how few chances elite international athletes get to run the Mile these days, as the metric Mile (1500 meters) has become the standard distance in most big meets, including the Olympics. But there still is a special feeling about the place where a runner first broke what seemed like the insurmountable barrier of the four-minute Mile, even if the cinder track on which it occurred was long ago replaced by an all-weather surface, now called the Roger Bannister Track. Continue reading at chicagotribune.com. Free registration required.
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More on the Mile
| Confidence Growing, Rowbury Ready for Rigors of 1500m Rounds | |
| July 24, 2012 – By David Monti, Race Results Weekly | |
| Plymouth catching Olympic fever as Uceny prepares for games | |
| July 24, 2012 – By Rick Schutt, South Bend Tribune | |
| Mexican-American Track Star Hopes Big Heart Provides Olympic Edge | |
| July 21, 2012 – Latin American Herald Tribune | |
| Anne Arundel running star to compete at London Games | |
| July 20, 2012 – By WBAL-TV 11 |
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