The Mile High Mile

The Mile High Mile
In association with the Boulder Road Runners Summer All-Comers Track and Field Series

The Event

Date: Aug 16, 2018
Time: 7:45 pm
Location: Potts Field, Boulder, CO

The thrill of the mile. On the track. At a mile high. It’s happening right here in Boulder. It’s a high-energy event called The Mile High Mile.

On the evening of August 16, at historic CU Potts Field, watch an exciting track race that will get everyone’s hearts pumping. Witness elite athletes dig deep for speed. Join fellow fans in cheering runners to their best. Help the community showcase a new, first-of-its-kind event.

The Mile High Mile will move in the schedule be the final event of the Boulder Road Runners All-Comers Meet. This allows for cooler temperatures and a finale event to cap off the night. The Mile High Mile will feature 4 heats: All-comers, faster than ~6 minutes and a separate Men’s and Women’s elite fields. (See below)

There will be an announcer with music, finish line tape, FAT timing, a live scoreboard for all participants and a podium presentation for the elite fields. That’s right; all this excitement in the intimate setting of the track.

Citizens and elites each get their turn to toe the line. Four laps around the track makes for one of the best spectating events in town.

The Mile High Mile is yet another milestone to add to Boulder’s world-class athletic scene. More importantly, the event is filling a gap in a running town that needs more track races.

Thanks to the Boulder Road Runners, the Mile High Mile is part of the club’s All-Comers Summer Track and Field Meet. Following the meet’s gamut of track and field events from the 100m to 3k, the race will take stage. The Mile High Mile will start with at least two waves of runners of all abilities, preceding both the men’s and women’s elite race, rather than earlier in the evening as usual.

Timing

Timing for all mile races will be done with Fully Automatic Timing (FAT) and participants will be given results with splits. The course is USATF certified.

Awards

Progressive time bonus payout

For runners finishing faster that our set thresholds, (Men: 4:30, Women 5:12) they will be awarded $25 + $5 per second under that threshold.

We will be also awarding the top 5 men and women in the elite fields and top Masters men and women to top 3.

Registration

Registration for the All-Comers mile heats will be taken on race day.

The price for the mile event as well with all other events, will be $7 for non-BRR members, $5 for members.

Elite Fields:
While we will not hold an official cut off time for these, our suggestions are as follows: Runners who can run 4:45 mins or better or 5:30 or better for women are eligible to be considered for the elite waves. If you would like to run in these waves please RSVP with this form so we can get a better sense of field size and can also know a bit about you for the announcer.

RSVP HERE

New Meet Schedule for August 16:

* Subject to change

6:00 100m – (everything after the 100 moves up by 15 mins)
6:20 400m
6:40 800m
6:55 200m
7:15 Steeple
7:35 4×100
– no 5k tonight –
7:45 All Comers Mile race
8:00 Sub 6 Milers
8:10 Introduce Women’s Field
8:15 Elite Women
8:25 Introduce Men’s Field
8:30 Elite Men
Podium and announcements

The Mile High Mile Challenge

King and Queen of the Mile

Run the Pearl Street Mile on August 8th then run the Mile High Mile on the 16th. We will take the fastest combined time for both men and women and crown the King and Queen of the road and track.

Current Colorado Soil Mile Records:

Men: 4:01.27 Tabor Stevens April 17th, 2015 at the La Junta Tiger Relays
Women: 4:36.05 Dani Jones February 3, 2018 University of Colorado’s Indoor Practice Facility at 5,430 feet elevation

For more information follow the Facebook page and event, or contact Race Organizer, Todd Straka – todd at BoulderRunning.com