More than $85,000 (£56,000/€75,000) prize money will be on offer over the four-stop tour, which is due to start tomorrow at the Camel City Mile, part of the Hilton Garden Invitational collegiate track meet in Winston-Salem.

It will award $15,000 (£10,000/€13,000) plus record bonuses.

After that the action will move on to the Medronic TC Mile at Minneapolis on May 14 - offering $25,000 (£17,000/€22,000) - which was one of the six scheduled events in last year's inaugural Grand Prix but had to be cancelled because of bad weather.

Next up after Minneapolis is the GNC Live Well Liberty Mile in Pittsburgh on July 31, and finally the Minnesota Mile in Duluth, both of which carry $20,000 (£13,000/€18,000) prize money.

"The BBTM Tour Grand Prix Tour 2015 will generate plenty of excitement as the best Milers will be competing at America's top events for prize money, grand prix points and bragging rights," said Bring Back the Mile founder Ryan Lamppa.

"In addition, the popular pick-the-winner contest sponsored by Running Warehouse also returns for each Tour stop with a chance to win running shoes or gear."

Heather Kampf, 2014 Bring Back the Mile GP champion, wins the GNC mile, one of the four events in this year's GP ©BringBacktheMile

The inaugural Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour in 2014 showcased six events with Jack Bolas and Heather Kampf taking the Tour titles.

The total prize purse for the four Tour events includes an additional $7,500 (£5,000/€6,500) for the Grand Prix purse. Per Tour event per gender, the top six will score points, ranging from 10 down to one, with the top four Grand Prix scorers earning prize money of $2,000 (£1,300/€1,500), $1,000 (£650/€900), $500 (£300/€400) and $250 (£150/€200).

The Bring Back the Mile mission is: To return the Mile to prominence on the American sports and cultural landscape by elevating and celebrating the Mile to create a national movement.

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