Bring Back the Mile
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Elevate & celebrate the storied, iconic distance! 🌎⏱️❤️ #BringBackTheMile Est. 2012 #CleanSport
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LISTEN, LISTEN, NO REALLY, SERIOUSLY, THE MILE IS THE BEST DISTANCE EVER. NOW GO GET ME ANOTHER BEER OVER THERE. LOVE YOUUU.
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#SundaySalute
On this day, 85 years ago, World War II hero Louis Zamperini set the ratified U.S. high school Mile record of 4:21.2 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. ⏱️🇺🇸🏟️
Did you know? Louis’ HS Mile record lasted 19 years, nearly
#unbroken
! 😮
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With now 4 global championship 1500m medals 🥇🥈🥈🥉, could Jenny Simpson be the greatest American 1500m runner ever?
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Love, respect, inspiration & peace: Gabe Grunewald 💖🕊️🎆
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FUN FACT: The Gregoreks 🇺🇸 are now the fastest father-son sub-4 Mile combination! 👨👦
#FamilyAffair
:
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Best Photo of 2016 -
#2
Centro’s finish line shocked expression: 1st U.S. gold Olympic 1500 since 1908
#priceless
!
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This photo perfectly captures the moment when on this day in 1965, Jim Ryun breaks 4 minutes for the Mile @ Kansas State Meet, clocking 3:58.3 on a cinder track, the 1st sub-4 @ HS-only competition & State meet and the only sub-4 at a State meet! ⏱️🎉😮👏
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14 yrs ago today Alan Webb 3:53.43 @ Pre Classic, breaking
@jimryun
’s 36-yr-old HS record!
http://t.co/eFTpK6QA0z
http://t.co/vL538P2Jto
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#SundaySalute
Sub-4 / Sub-2:10 list welcomes new member, Cam Levins, who ran 2:09:25 today to set Canadian record. 🇨🇦 Currently only 25 men = respected Mile & marathon benchmarks.
#MadRange
DYK? Greg Meyer, 1983 Boston Marathon champion = first member
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On this day in 2007,
@alan_webb1
runs 3:46.91 to break legend Steve Scott’s long-standing U.S. Mile record in Brasschaat, Belgium, and the 2004 Olympian also becomes the 8th fastest Miler all-time (and still
#8
). ⏱🇺🇸 🥳
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“..but I have learned that the human mind & body are truly resilient. I rule nothing out.” Go
@gg_runs
!
#WonderWoman
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On this day in 1954, Diane Leather (GBR) becomes the first woman to run a sub-5 minute Mile, clocking 4:59.6 in Birmingham, England. ⏱️🇬🇧
#Milestone
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Congrats to Josette Norris & Robby Andrews on their recent nupitals. 👫💒
FUN FACT: The pair are now the fastest married couple by track Mile PR. ⏱️⚡️😮
See the top 25 married couple Mile list:
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.
@ShalaneFlanagan
said it loud, said it proud! 🤣 ❤️ Today was about the Marathon, congrats champ!! 🏆🍎
#SundayMorning
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Fri in Dublin,
@william_leer
wins
@MortonGames
Mile; meet record & PR, 3:51.82.
#FearTheBeard
http://t.co/UiKRGnyHdP
http://t.co/9YOuGVxOfb
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#OnThisDay
in 2007, Alan Webb runs 3:46.91 to break Steve Scott’s 25-yr-old U.S. Mile record.
http://t.co/cMHSgNBe7X
http://t.co/OGdL7YT6AL
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On this day in 2016, at the Armory Track Invite, Drew Hunter becomes 8th U.S. HS boy
#Sub4
, clocking 3:58.25, to break fellow Virginian Alan Webb’s U.S. HS indoor record. ⏱️😮 BTW, one of our favorite all-time photos.
#anticipation
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Bravo! from your friends
@themile
, Jonah Gorevic Rye, NY Mile WR holder for 10-yr-old boy (5:01.55).
#WOW
#agpnyc
http://t.co/o3wtZpPGRs
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Congrats & brava
@KarissaSchweiz4
! Also the 74th U.S. woman to record a sub-4:30 Mile ⏱️
4️⃣:2️⃣7️⃣.5️⃣4️⃣!
In a race filled with professional runners,
@KarissaSchweiz4
smashes the school record, finishing 3️⃣rd in the mile run!
It's the fastest collegiate mile time this season, and the 4️⃣th fastest overall in NCAA history!
#MIZ
#TigerTough
🐯
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"That’s how track is. We move on... I’m ready to bounce back.”
#Amen
Go Brenda!
#TrackTown16
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.
@d9monti
and this "I did it" photo does NOT happen if Maton breaks 4 for 1600.
#NoWayNoHow
Yup, sub-4 Mile matters.
http://t.co/fsEl4y6yCt
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Best Photos of 2016 -
#4
Drew Hunter & friends awaiting his 1st official sub-4 & HS indoor record.
#anticipation
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On this day 50 yrs ago, Jim Ryun 1st sub-4 at HS-only competition & State meet 3:58.3.
#Epic
http://t.co/v9uA7VR0wg
http://t.co/zs6ONznkGP
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OTD in 1934, WW II hero Louis Zamperini set the ratified U.S. high school Mile record of 4:21.2; his HS Mile record lasted 19 yrs, nearly “unbroken”.
#SaturdaySalute
DYK? The follow-up movie "Unbroken: Path to Redemption" opens on Fri, Oct 5, 2018. 📽️🎬
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#FlashbackFriday
DYK? On this day, 50 yrs ago, at Mexico City Olympics, American Jim Ryun beat rival Kip Keino of Kenya in 1500m semi. Next day, Oct 20, Keino turned the tables beating Ryun for gold with an Olympic record 3:34.91 (7,350 ft altitude). 😮🥇🥈
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On this day in 1994, Ireland’s Eamonn Coghlan, 41, sets Masters Mile world record of 3:58.15 at Harvard University = 1st man 40 & older to break 4 minutes. 😮And, of course, the legendary Chairman of the Boards did it indoors. Hata amach go Eamonn! 🎩🇮🇪
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Happy 86th Birthday to Sir Roger Bannister, the man who made the mile, The Mile.
#Cheers
!!
http://t.co/0pIihFcRt7
http://t.co/j0uPSzXh76
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.
@mardy_hehir
= 5th American sub-4 and sub-2:10, joining Greg Meyer (1st), Ken Martin, Alan Culpepper & Galen Rupp. ⏱️🇺🇸
#RareAir
Historic day in Arizona.
Martin Hehir becomes the 12th American to break 2:09 in the marathon to win
@MarathonProj
.
Seven Americans in all break 2:10 -- smashing the most ever in a single race (previous record: 4, at the 2012 Olympic Trials).
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On this day in 1965, Jim Ryun 3:58.3 Kansas State Meet; 1st sub-4 HS-only / only State meet
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The
@USTFCCCA
Coaches have voted to
#BringBacktheMile
at the
#NCAA
Championships!!!! 221-169 / 17 abstained.
#THANKYOU
!
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Today, we honor & salute the late Louis Zamperini, an unbroken American hero.
#MemorialDay
http://t.co/FURP7DtUew
http://t.co/D4EGW6ATCi
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On this day in 1965,
@JimRyun
breaks 4 for Mile @ KS State Meet; 1st HS-only sub-4
@KSHSAA
http://t.co/hHdHzDbxP5
http://t.co/i1VWzepqev
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On this day in 2009, Jenny Barringer (Colorado) NCAA indoor Mile record: 4:25.91
#GoBuffs
!
http://t.co/nZSmIchlsp
http://t.co/kwDyHLqkzW
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DYK? 1st time in sub-4 era, top track Mile for year = indoors: 3:50.63, Matthew Centrowitz (USA)
#WanamakerMile
2016
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On this day in 1966, Jim Ryun, 19, runs U.S. Mile record, clocking 3:53.7 at the Los Angeles Coliseum, and smashing his year-old mark, while he just missed breaking Michel Jazy’s WR by two-tenths of a second! ⏱️🇺🇸😮
#AGT
#FullFlight
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Dennis Kimetto's 2:02:57 WR at today's BMW Berlin Marathon = 4:41 per Mile average!
#BeyondWow
What's your Mile PR?
http://t.co/VK7TqQGiOk
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On this day in 1999, Hicham El Guerrouj Mile WR 3:43.13 still WR; 2nd Noah Ngeny 3:43.40
#2
AT
http://t.co/uz2IJEkwPx
http://t.co/dRvlKqasa8
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#SaturdaySalute
OTD, 55 yrs ago, in a thrilling race, Jim Ryun, at age 18, sets U.S. Mile record 3:55.3 in San Diego. ⏱️🇺🇸
The high schooler beat 1964 Olympic 1500m champion Peter Snell (3:55.4) and Jim Grelle (3:55.5) and also won AAU Mile title. 😮🏆
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Grant Fisher becomes 7th HS boy in U.S. history to go
#Sub4
and first time ever two HSers have gone
#Sub4
in same year
#BringBackTheMile
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The word "legend" is overused, but Sir Roger Bannister was truly & completely a L-E-G-E-N-D in every sense of the word: gentleman, scholar, ambassador & history maker. Thank you,
#SirRoger
for everything. We celebrate you and your life! 🌟🎉🇬🇧 ⏱️⚕️
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The evolution of man & beard. From
@pomonacollege
to Wanamaker Mile Champ & Team USA -
@william_leer
#fearthebeard
http://t.co/guxYCHhfjq
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OTD in 1954, at the British Empire & Commonwealth Games, Roger Bannister beat fellow legend John Landy in “The Mile of the Century”, 3:58.8 to 3:59.6, first time two men broke 4 minutes in the same race. ⏱️🇬🇧🇦🇺 😮 One word: epic! 🌟
#ClashOfTitans
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Louis Zamperini w/ his brother Pete at the LA Memorial Coliseum after Louie won the Southern California Track & Field Mile title, clocking 4:21.2 to set the U.S. high school record, 90 years ago
#OTD
. ⏱️🇺🇸 🥇
His ratified HS Mile record lasted 19 years, nearly “unbroken”! 😮
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Did you know? Bannister’s sub-4 min Mile named greatest athletic achievement of last 150 yrs.
http://t.co/7Ewh1agmp0
http://t.co/GoyjvFfn9O
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Nov. 21 Press Club Newsmaker to feature
#Rio2016
Olympic 1500m champion
@MattCentrowitz
with Olympian father Matt:
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@nickwillis
joins legend & fellow Kiwi John Walker with at least one sub-4 minute Mile for 18 consecutive years (February 7, 2003 to January 25, 2020) = the longest annual streak! ⏱️😮🇳🇿
It's 🇬🇧 over 🇳🇿 as
@chrisohare1500
edges
@nickwillis
to win the men's mile in 3:59.62 to 3:59.89
#WorldIndoorTour
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@SaraHall3
@fast_women
Also congrats for finishing your 8th Trials competition (5 track and 3 marathon), the most by any American woman, and also recording the fastest Masters (40 & over) time ever at the Trials (2:26:06); also U.S. Masters record! ⏱️🎉👏🇺🇸
#brava
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Great recognizing great… on this day in 2001
In one of the greatest prep performances ever, Alan Webb (USA) sets the high school Mile record of 3:53.43
@nikepreclassic
in Eugene, breaking Jim Ryun’s 36-year-old record & finishing 5th overall! ⏱️😮✨
📷
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“This week I couldn’t sleep, I kept thinking about 4 minutes...I couldn’t stop."
#HistoryMade
http://t.co/2Mq7TZdEbf
http://t.co/vbK4ud0SBN
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OTD, 25 years ago,
@EamonnCoghlan1
, 41, sets Masters Mile world record, clocking 3:58.15
@Harvard
in Cambridge, MA to become the first man 40 & older to break 4 minutes in the Mile! ⏱️😮
And, of course, the Chairman of the Boards did it indoors.
#veritas
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For the first time two U.S. HSers went
#Sub4
for the Mile on the SAME DAY. Congrats, Michael & Drew!
#PreClassic
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On this day, 19 years ago,
@alan_webb1
becomes the first prep to break 4 minutes for the Mile indoors, clocking 3:59.86
@ArmoryNYC
. ⏱️
#AGT
🇺🇸
#TeenPhenom
Race article includes full race video. ⬇️⬇️
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After
#MinnesotaMile
win, Queen of the Road Mile, Heather Kampf has won 26 Mile races since 2011! 😮 All Hail!! 👸
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Jenny Simpson: It's good to be Queen,
@Diamond_League
champ! We heart you too.
@trackjenny
http://t.co/Oeq5ThX6Zg
http://t.co/eTjf7zrbT7
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OTD in 2001, Alan Webb sets the still standing U.S. HS Mile record, clocking an impressive 3:53.43 @ Prefontaine Classic. At storied Hayward Field, the future Olympian and U.S. Mile record holder finished 5th vs. a world class Big Boy field! ⏱️🇺🇸😮
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Here's to the 2017 USA 1500 champs: Jenny Simpson & Robby Andrews plus a special shout out to: Sara Vaughn & Johnny Gregorek 🥉
#USATFoutdoors
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#PreClassic
= 3 Ingebrigtsen brothers sub-4, same day!
#FirstTime
utrolig! 🇳🇴
3:53.23 Filip
3:53.79 Henrik
3:58.07 Jakob, age 16!
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If national Mile records are an indicator: 3:46.91 (
@alan_webb1
) vs. 3:54.57 (Marc Corstjens)
#WeBelieve
#BELvsUSA
http://t.co/ym5RrdCLam
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#ThursdayThoughts
“I also get encouraged when somebody has a breakout year, like watching Shelby Houlihan this year… That's something that inspires me to work harder and get after it.” – Amanda Eccleston
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Happy 40th Birthday, Meb!
#SimplyTheBest
"Part of me still remains a Miler.”
http://t.co/dLYG6xZfS5
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Robby Andrews & Johnny Gregorek advance to next round of 1500 ☑️
#London2017
➡️Semi-Finals – Friday, August 11 @ 8:10pm
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Is Herb Elliott the greatest Miler to-date? 🤔
On this day in 1958, the Australian legend & future Olympic champion smashed the Mile world record by an impressive 2.7 seconds with a 3:54.5 clocking in Dublin, Ireland. ⏱️🌍
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On
#StPatricksDay
we salute legendary Irish Mile aces: Delany-Coghlan-Flynn-O’Sullivans & more! 🇮🇪
#ceili
úir!
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Meet rising Mile star and ready for her close-up: Kerri Gallagher, 3rd USA 1500
#USATFoutdoors
http://t.co/1YN6zbvjsC
http://t.co/9IV5XkAfbk
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On this day in 2009, Jenny Barringer (CU) sets NCAA indoor Mile record (4:25.91).
@trackjenny
http://t.co/Rm4bqC09ue
http://t.co/Wo9fSdC4AN
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