Mile wire #09-08-16

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Mile wire #09-08-16 SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Mile wire is a regular update on the best stories, exclusive interviews and everything Mile-related. The Rio Olympic 1500m Women's Final and Men's Prelims are featured at Olympic Stadium today and to celebrate we have specials on our t-shirts as well as FREE S&H on all orders at our BBTM Store! Upcoming 1500m Olympic Schedule Tuesday, 6:30am PDT - Men's 1500m Round 1 Tuesday, 2:30pm PDT - Women's 1500m Final (Rowbury & Simpson) Thursday, 4:45pm PDT - Men's 1500m Semi-final Saturday, 5:00pm PDT - Men's 1500m Final Order Your BBTM T-Shirts Today! Jenny Simpson wants to put up a good fight in 1500m By Josh Peter, USA Today Sports “When I was challenged with what’s really the one message I believe in when it comes to not just sports but how what I do transcends sport, for me it really is what does brave look like everyday." Upcoming BBTM GP Tour Stops: MINNESOTA MILE (Sept 11) - $20,100 prize purse GNC LIVE WELL LIBERTY MILE (Sept 17) - $30,000 prize purse THE NAVY MILE: Tour Finale (Oct 2) - $15,000 prize purse 2012 Olympic Silver Medalist Leo Manzano to Headline Aetna Falmouth Elite Mile By Allan Steele, From New Balance Falmouth Road Race Mackey to chase three-peat against deep women’s field including Kampf, Uceny and Sifuentes; top men also include rising stars Merber, Gregorek, Alexander and Hunter for Saturday, August 20 race Olympic bronze medalist Rod Dixon: Kiwi Rio trio value the history of the 1500m By Phillip Rollo, Stuff "I had an incredible feeling of connection with them. I know they called Quax too. They value the history as I did and that's what connects us and that's the glue that holds us all together." Senior Athletes: Going the Distance By Lee Cowan, CBS News "To this day, Lee, I'm the only man in the world who's run a 10-minute Mile after age 90. And I'm the only man in the world who has run a 15-minute Mile after age 95. I'm bragging, aren't I?" More on the Mile Team USA Bring Back the Mile Metric Mile Bios   • Robby Andrews • Ben Blankenship • Matthew Centrowitz • Brenda Martinez • Shannon Rowbury • Jenny Simpson

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