SCOTT SPRUILL Yakima Herald-Republic - August 28, 2021 Reaching North First Street, Nikki Hiltz knew it was time to go. Or very likely...

Bring Back the Mile - August 28, 2021 Women’s race champion clocks fastest Mile on Washington state soil to collect $5000 bonus Race...

LUKE THOMPSON Yakima Herald-Republic - August 28, 2021 Road mile experience paid off for Sam Prakel at the Downtown Yakima Mile Saturday...

Paul Merca - August 28, 2021 It's not every day that we cover a road mile, but paulmerca.blogspot.com heads to Yakima for the second...

Paul Merca - August 28, 2021 YAKIMA -- It was a Seattle 1-2 finish in Saturday night's Downtown Yakima Mile road race, as University of...

KIMA by Adrian Delgado - August 25, 2021 YAKIMA, WA - The Olympics may be over, but the competition for the title as the world’s fastest...

Downtown Yakima Mile Features Centrowitz, Kincaid, Engels In Men's Elite Race; Markovc, Jones, Hiltz Lead Women's Entries By Doug Binder,...

The Olympics may be over, but the competition for the title as the world’s fastest mile runner definitely is not. And this week, some of...

Yakima Talk by Haley Mallula - August 9, 2021 Acting as a local encore to the Summer Olympics, Yakima Valley hosts its annual Downtown...

YWCA Yakima - August 2, 2021 This year’s race proceeds benefit the YWCA Yakima and its mission. Like most non-profit organizations during...

Chris Waddle, co-founder of the Downtown Yakima Mile, was interviewed by 107.3 KKFM. Watch the video below to hear what he has to say!

BRING BACK THE MILE by Carol Barany - June 4, 2021 Early in the evening of May 6, 1954, after the rain clouds cleared and blustery winds...

Early in the evening of May 6, 1954, after the rainclouds cleared and blustery winds finally died down, a rainbow appeared over a...

Dave Ettl February 20, 2020 Last year's Yakima Mile event was a big success.  The downtown race featured 800 participants recording some...

Jereel Swenning February 20, 2020 YAKIMA, Wash. — Runners will return to Yakima Avenue on June 13 with the second Yakima Downtown Mile....

After raising $100,000 from local sponsors, co-founder Chris Waddle tried to maintain reasonable expectations.

An international field, a perfect evening and a forgiving 30-foot drop down Yakima Avenue made for a thrilling and record-setting debut.

Amos Bartelsmeyer of Seattle put away a deep elite field with a late surge into the downtown corridor and set a men’s state road record of 3

For the inaugural Virginia Mason Memorial Downtown Yakima Mile, the first time was the charm.