The Eleventh Annual Dole 3 Miler will be run
on Saturday, August 10, 2024!
Lace up your shoes and be on the starting line at 8:00am.
Registration is OPEN for the 2024 D3, for both in-person and virtual participants!
The Dole 3 Miler also has an active fundraising component. If you can, please make a donation to support the Dole 3 Miler!
Prizes to top finishers Generously provided by Tracksmith!
1st Female: $200
1st Male: $200
2nd Female: $100
2nd Male: $100
3rd Female: $50
3rd Male: $50
5th Overall: $50 (in honor of George Dole's 5th place finish in the Bannister 4-minute mile)
1st 80+: $50
1st 12 & Under: $50
Top Fundraiser: $50
The Tenth Annual Dole 3 Miler took place on August 12, 2023
The Ninth Annual Dole 3 Miler took place on August 13, 2022
The Eighth Annual Dole 3 Miler took place on August 14, 2021
The race organizers wish to thank Tracksmith for their lead sponsorship and ongoing annual support of the Dole 3 Miler! - The Rev. Dr. George F. Dole, in whose honor the D3 was created, passed away in June, 2021. Please enjoy this wonderful piece published by Tracksmith on their website, that also includes a video about George and his participation in the first sub-4-minute mile!
It is Dole 3 Miler tradition to present awards to nine finishers. Congratulations to this year’s award winners! They are:
First Place Female: Bethany Clark
First Place Male (and overall winner): Sean Clark
Second Place Female: Kate Swenson
Second Place Male: Riordan Landeg
Third Place Female: Lily Runez
Third Place Male: Jaryd Freedman
First Age 12 & Under: Abigail Gilley
First Age 80 & Over (George was over 80 when the D3 was born): Robert Randall
Fifth Overall (because George finished 5th in the Bannister 4-Minute Mile): Erik Martin
Enjoy this video of the start:
Please enjoy this photo gallery of the 2021 Dole 3 Miler.
Most images compliments of Wayne Rivet, Publisher of The Bridgton News (and an excellent photographer!).
Click on any image to open a window and view a larger version. In a desktop computer browser, you can also scroll left and right from image to image in that new window and view all the photos that way. Enjoy!
Curious about the race course? CLICK HERE to view a course map!
Remembering George Dole
The Dole 3 Miler Race Committee is deeply saddened to share that our inspiration, mentor, race namesake, and friend
Rev. Dr. George F. Dole ran full speed through the tape at the finish line of life on June 29, 2021.
We will share details of his family’s plans for a memorial service as soon as we are able.
In the meantime, we encourage you to celebrate George’s life and participate in the 8th Annual Dole 3 Miler which will be run as planned on Saturday, August 14th, in his honor.
Our hearts go out to George’s family as they grieve for a man who’s life was the embodiment of love, wisdom, and charity.
Remembering Roger Bannister
Sir Roger Bannister, famous as the first human to run a mile in under 4 minutes on May 6, 1954, passed away on March 3, 2018.
Rev. Dr. George Dole, Fryeburg, Maine native and namesake of the Dole 3 Miler, ran in that historic race. George was interviewed after Bannister's passing by the Portland Press Herald. Enjoy the resulting article here.
Remembrances of Sir Roger Bannister from Lord Sebastian Coe and Steve Cram, two more recent British middle distance greats, can be enjoyed here.
And, finally, this wonderful piece from the London Times on March 11, 2018 — George Dole: Then the last surviving competitor of the ‘most famous footrace in history’
Rev. Dr. George F. Dole, #15, being led by Sir Roger Bannister, #41, in the world's first 4-minute mile, the most famous footrace in history.
The Fourth Annual Dole 3 Miler took place Saturday, August 5, 2017
The Dole 3 Miler is a new tradition—a three-mile road race in early August in Fryeburg, Maine—a celebration of the life and loves of Fryeburg native, Rev. Dr. George F. Dole. George was one of six runners in perhaps the most famous road race in history, Roger Bannister's Four Minute Mile which took place in Oxford, England on May 6, 1954.
The Fifth Annual Dole 3 Miler will take place Saturday, August 11, 2018!
Here is some aerial footage from the 2017 race.
The Dole 3 Miler is a project of the Fryeburg New Church Assembly
and the Fryeburg New Church.