The Tennessee Mile

Divisions

Start times will be staggered amongst the divisions. The 8 hour is a MIDNIGHT start on SATURDAY NIGHT not Friday so - bring on your overnight training runs! 40 hour starts Friday at 4 pm 24 hrs start time: 8 am Saturday 12 hrs start time: 8 am Saturday 3 hrs start time : 10 am Saturday 6 hrs start time: 12pm Saturday Youth 5k (start time: 8:30am) THE YOUTH IS CHILDREN ONLY. 16 and under. Adults may accompany them but cannot sign up for this division. Please do not ask the answer is NO. If you want to run Mid-State we highly recommend you run this event. Not only to move up in the selection process but to access how to approach Mid-State.

Race Logistics

The Tennessee Mile is a looped race with runners responsible for tracking their loops. There is not a time limit on your loop. Log as many or as few loops as you like.

Training Plans Available & Gear Rental

Training plans are available for purchase by our Mother of The Murder Mile BMFJ herself. We also offer camping gear and tent rentals for you convenience. Please send us an email or reachout at www.bmfjevents.com

Aid & Crew

Runners can accept crew and aid anywhere on this course. Runners are required to bring their own setup for this event. The large tents will not be available like at Mid-State. We may put up a couple but plan on relying on you and your friends to create your setup. Camping is allowed in the big field. Camping tents (requiring strings and stakes) are not permitted in the start/finish area. Crews are allowed to provide their own pop-up canopy-style tent to use for their runner at the start/finish. Crews can set up anywhere within this crew area and provide aid to their runner. All runners MUST provide their own aid. We will have water and electrolytes, but all nutrition must be provided by individuals. Pacing & Company There’s a difference between pacing & company. If you want to have some company with your friend, wife, husband, or whoever joins you, that's okay for most divisions but they cannot “pace” you. They can WALK with you. What I’m saying is if your loved ones want to do a lap or two with you they can but they can’t be out there mile after mile or swapping in and out. Do not take advantage of this. Do not be that guy. You will be disqualified. If you are looking to be competitive keep this in mind because if someone sees, hears, or reports that you’re receiving pacing before it’s allowed you’ll be ineligible for placing. Again Company is a friend or loved one joining you at a leisurely pace or checking out the course with you for a couple of laps NOT THE ENTIRE TIME again think walking. PLEASE BE REASONABLE. YOU KNOW WHAT'S FAIR AND WHAT'S NOT. Use common sense. You shouldn’t have company for most of your race and nobody should be “getting their miles” with you during your race until after pacing is allowed. What we love about this setup is how it can be shared with your loved ones and we want you to be able to show them what you’re doing and not have to police this policy. If we think you’re taking advantage of this you will be called out and we do NOT want to do that. 40 Hour - Company & Pacing Anytime! Y’all get to do whatever you want. You signed up for 40 hours of this punishment. You’re special! 24 Hour - Company Anytime - Pacing after 10 pm. Y’all are awesome and only kinda get to do why you want. 12 Hour - SORRY NO PACING FOR YOU but if your mother-in-law twice removed shows up and wants to do a lap with you it’s fine. 6 Hour - SORRY NO PACING FOR YOU but if your grandma shows up with her walker and wants to do a lap with you that’s fine. You just can’t use the walker. 3 Hour - No Pacers 8 Hour - You are the company and pacers. Breathe life and fire into that course. Protect the walking dead.

Please leave your dog at home

VERY IMPORTANT:This place is already home to plenty of animals, and they do not always want to play nice with others. We are a working farm surrounded by other working farms, and the neighboring livestock guardian dogs move freely across property lines while they work. That is their job and we are not going to change it. Any outside animal on the property requires advance coordination with us and with our neighbors. Do not plan on bringing a dog to the event without contacting us first. If you need to bring an animal, reach out well ahead of time and we will be honest with you about what we can and cannot safely manage

The Toughest Little Mile in Tennessee

The Tennessee Mile will take place on the hallowed ground known as The Murder Mile, home to the instant classic, the Mid-State Mile. The race will feature a variety of timed divisions. Unlike MSM, you are not limited by timed loops. Instead, your task is to complete as many loops as you can (or want to) within the allotted total time. The course is housed on private land just 20 minutes from downtown Franklin, TN. It boasts a 1.1 mile loop with 340 feet of elevation gain. You’ll encounter two monster climbs with fast, runnable sections between them and a downhill section through the field to the start/finish area. The course itself is an old logging road so it features a nice, wide double track trail. Rest assured, we’ll clean up the course real good before race day. We like pretty things.

Refund Policy

Important note: There will be absolutely no refunds or deferrals given. Please know when you register for this event, you are donating to covering the costs of bringing all of our trail lovers together. The event is hosted on private land so we will not be relying on Forestry Services or state parks to give us the go-ahead. Now, more than ever, it is important that we support each other as humans and as a community celebrate being out in the woods. We want to bring everyone together with a fun and unique experience all can enjoy. Please know your entry fee is being donated to the human experience and giving those we call friends the gift of a good day in the woods. If there are proceeds will be donated to helping the Jones family to improve and maintain the property so they can keep you coming back year after year.