40th Draper Mile
August 5, 2022: (Friday, 6:30 p.m.)

 


Logo by Harrison Autry    
Results
James wrote: “We got it in, in between the storms.”

The Draper Mile is a one-mile road race held in conjunction with the Downtown Blacksburg’s Steppin’ Out Festival, an annual event held during the first weekend in August. The course is mostly downhill, starting and ending on Draper Road in Blacksburg, with the finish in the middle of the street festival. Times are about 10–12 seconds faster than for a track mile. | Course Map (PDF) The start is marked with an A, the 1/4 mile is at Airport, the 1/2 mile is just before Eakin (703 Draper), the 3/4 mile is at Clay, and the Finish is at Jackson.

The first Draper Mile was in 1982, with 97 participants. In 2009 and 2010, there was a record 336 participants (but multiple races).)

Draper Mile Records — including 2022 results (PDF).


Results from Previous Years



Logo by Harrison Autry    
  August 6, 2021 The 38th Draper Mile.
Results: Overall   Age groups

Canceled for 2020 because of COVID-19



Logo by Matt Howard.
August 2, 2019 : The 38th annual Draper Mile. Results


Logo by Matt Howard.
August 3, 2018 | Results: Overall   Age groups | Photos and results summary from The News Messenger (August 8, 2018) | Photo Album 1.


Logo by Matt Howard.
August 4, 2017: There was a rain shower after the fun run that delayed the start of the three heats several minutes. Still, a record 336 finished! In the results for the three heats, “Time” starts with the gun, and “Pace” is the calculated 1600m time enroute to the mile (1609m). | Results | Photo Album 1 | Photo Album 2.


Logo by Matt Howard.
August 5, 2016: The 35th annual Draper Mile. | Photos | Results: Overall   Age groups.


Logo by Matt Howard.
August 7, 2015: The 34th annual Draper Mile. | Final results | Age Group results


Logo by Matt Howard.
August 1, 2014: The 33rd annual Draper Mile. There was a total of 244 runners in the two heats, and had two new records: fastest overall (4:31.1) and fastest Female Masters (5:10.4). New age-group records set in 2014 are as follows: 2nd for 12-13 female (5:21.7), 1st for 45-49 Male (4:34.7), and 3rd for 60+ male (5:28.2). Here are the final Overall results and Age-Groups results. | Finish Photos | Awards Photos.


Logo by Matt Howard.
August 2, 2013: The 32nd annual Draper Mile. There was a total of 218 runners in the two heats. Unlike the previous year, the weather wa 75 degrees with a gentle NW wind. Here are the Overall results and the Age group results.


Logo by Matt Howard.
August 3, 2012: The 31st annual Draper Mile. There was a total of 225 runners in the two heats. It was raining at 5:30 PM but the rain stopped at about 6:20 PM. The runs and race were delayed ten minutes each, but awards were given before 7:30 PM. Here are the overall results and the age group results.



Logo by Matt Howard.

The 30th Annual Draper Mile was held on Friday, August 5, 2011. There was a total of 221 runners in the two heats for our first chip-timed race, and the predicted rain did not happen. Thaks to the chip timing, preliminary (but complete) results were prepared before 7:30 PM. Here are the results: Overall | Age Groups.
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Logo by Matt Howard.

The 2010 Draper Mile was held on Friday, August 6. There were 251 runners in the two mile races. The dew-point temperature was below 70 for the first time in four days. Here are the results. | Photos from the two mile races and the fun run. | VIDEO!!!.



Logo by Matt Howard.

Click here for the results of the 2009 Draper Mile.



Logo by Molly Ison.

Click here for the results of the 2008 Draper Mile.


Click here for the results of the 2007 Draper Mile.



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