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Posted on 07/18/2026 4:34:32 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
There’s a new world record in the world of running.
At the Diamond League meet in London on Saturday, Scottish runner Josh Kerr posted a blazing 3:42.66 mile to break a 27-year men’s record.
Hicham El Guerrouj previously ran a 3:43.13 in 1999, but Kerr, 28, has now become a world record holder.
Kerr said in March that he was aiming to break the record, and he did just that in front of 60,000 fans at London Stadium.
“It’s very overwhelming with the amount of hype [I created],” he told BBC Sport. “It’s silly to call [the attempt] that early because there’s a lot of things which can go wrong, but I am surrounded by amazing people and was able to stay consistent and put the work in.
“If I am to leave my mark on this sport as a British legend, following in the footsteps of the legends behind me, I have to put in those performances.
“Those performances take every single part of you, every single part of your team. The amount of work behind the scenes is incredible. Today it was a performance I was able to bring out — I just hoped it would be a little bit faster!”
Kerr is now the seventh Brit to become a record holder in the mile, with Steve Cram last achieving the feat in 1985.
The runner, who specializes in the 1500m, has taken home two Olympic medals, having won a silver in Paris and a bronze in Tokyo.
He also won the world championship in the same distance in 2023.
Without the World Championships or the Olympics scheduled for this year, Kerr put his focus on setting the mile record.
It felt like I had a kitchen full of amazing incredible chefs and I was like, ‘What the hell are we going to,,,
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Over 16 mph ! Wow, if he ran into someone or something he’d be lucky to survive!
People forget history!
An awful lot of large dangerous animals seem to be much faster than we humans. Bears Hippos Buffalo etc.
Strange “journalism” these days. The article never once states his time, the picture did.
Can’t do it in my head…. A four-minute mile is fifteen miles per hour. Extrapolate from that….
Last I remember...5 minutes was great...but I’m 82..
Still is.
That is an amazing time.
What’s the trans record?
He doesn't have to be able to outrun the alligator, just whoever he's with.
Check your calculation. 16 mph would be 3:45 per mile, and he was a bit faster than that.
Great there were 60,000 people there. I wonder what kind of crowds in U.S. these days? ESPN doesn’t even have a track and field category even under college sports and no article on this on home page. NCAA page I brought up doesn’t even have 2026 championship listed, 2025, no mile event apparently
No
16.168 is correct, see above
3600/222.66
Yeah, I wouldn’t want to hit a tree squarely at that speed.
My personal best is 8 min, 16 seconds
But that was cross country.
At age 16
I can’t do 12 minutes on a treadmill any longer.
Sorry, I rounded. Not enough significant digits.
It helps to have your upper thorax look like a car radiator, head shaped like a pinhead and a giant air opening in your head, arms should look like pipe cleaners, and legs should be thin and springy like a pogo stick.
Shaq O’Neal will not break the mile record
Hell, black guys running from cops beat that all the time.
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I often wonder if the criminals practice running. You know work out and run laps so they can outrun the police
I’ve never seen a happy jogger.
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