One More Mile
One More Mile is where the Built for the Long Run journey begins.
The inspiration came from a moment every runner eventually experiences. You reach a point when your body is tired, your motivation is fading, and your mind starts giving you perfectly reasonable excuses to stop.
That’s when the goal gets smaller.
You don’t think about the ten miles still ahead. You don’t think about the finish line. You tell yourself:
Just one more mile.
I’ve learned that some of the most important moments in running happen when nobody is watching. It’s getting out the door when you don’t feel like running. Finishing the workout that isn’t going well. Taking another step when stopping would be easier.
But the more I ran, the more I realized that this lesson had very little to do with running.
Life can feel exactly the same way.
There are seasons when looking at everything ahead of us can become overwhelming. A difficult stretch at work. A relationship that needs attention. A goal that seems impossibly far away. A setback we didn’t expect. A season where progress feels almost nonexistent.
We don’t always need to know how we’re going to make it all the way to the finish line.
Sometimes we just need to take the next step.
Make the next phone call. Have the next conversation. Keep the next commitment. Show up for another day. Run one more mile.
That’s the inspiration behind One More Mile.
It’s not a song about being the fastest runner or never wanting to quit. It’s about recognizing that meaningful things are rarely accomplished all at once. They’re built through small decisions to continue—especially when continuing is hard.
Running just gives us a place to practice it.
Because eventually all of those individual miles add up to something we once weren’t sure we could do.
And life has a way of working the same way.
One more mile.
One more step.
One more promise kept.
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ONE MORE MILE
Bradley Miller
[Verse 1]
Alarm clock screaming in the dark of dawn
Body says quit, but the shoes are on
Every excuse tries to pull me back
But dreams don’t live on a comfortable track
Cold wind cutting through the morning air
Nobody’s watching, nobody cares
This ain’t for trophies, likes, or praise
It’s built one step at a time each day
[Pre-Chorus]
Some days I’m strong
Some days I’m tired
But every step feeds the fire
[Chorus]
One more mile
One more fight
One more chance to get it right
When my legs say stop
And my mind says done
I remember who I’m becoming
One more mile
That’s all I need
Just one more step to plant the seed
I wasn’t made to stand still
I was made to climb
One more mile at a time
[Verse 2]
Rain on the road and doubt in my head
Chasing the man that I haven’t met
He’s somewhere out there beyond this pain
Waiting for me in the pouring rain
Every runner knows this truth
Growth is earned, not handed to you
The finish line starts with a choice
To keep moving when you hear that voice
[Pre-Chorus]
The one that says quit
The one that says stay
I answer back by running anyway
[Chorus]
One more mile
One more fight
One more chance to get it right
When my legs say stop
And my mind says done
I remember who I’m becoming
One more mile
That’s all I need
Just one more step to plant the seed
I wasn’t made to stand still
I was made to climb
One more mile at a time
[Bridge]
I don’t need perfect
I don’t need fast
I just need courage that lasts
The road gets longer
The miles get steep
But greatness belongs to those who keep…
[Final Chorus]
One more mile
One more fight
One more sunrise, one more night
Every scar and every strain
Turns discipline into strength
One more mile
That’s all I need
The runner I am is the runner I’ll be
And when I look back down the line
It all began with
One more mile at a time
[Outro]
One more mile…
One more step…
One more promise kept…
