British runner Josh Kerr breaks world record for mile which stood for 27 years

dyauspitr

Is this because most East Africans don’t really try to beat the mile (instead doing the 1500m) since there’s no money in it?

__turbobrew__

He had a special singlet designed and undoubtedly carbon shoes. Makes you wonder how much raw human potential has progressed vs just having better equipment and track surfaces?

rvz

Finally, some exciting news about a record-breaking achievement in human athleticism that deserves worthy attention for once, instead of more of the same AI news. Congratulations to him!

js2

Watch him do it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYi2f4ONEDg&t=180 What an incredible performance. I've seen a sub-4 mile in person. These guys are absolutely flying. All of them. And he beats the pants off that field. Splits (400m): 400m: 55.3 800m: 1:51.1 (56.8 second lap) 1200m: 2:46.5 (55.4 second lap) 1600m: 3:41.4 (54.9 third lap) Mile: 3:42.66 Splits (100m): 100m: 13.8 200m: 27.5 (13.7) 300m: 41.0 (13.5) 400m: 55.3 (14.3) 500m: 1:09.3 (14.0) 600m: 1:23.2 (13.9) 700m: 1:37.0 (13.8) 800m: 1:51.1 (14.1) 900m: 2:05.1 (14.0) 1000m: 2:18.8 (13.7) 1100m: 2:32.6 (13.8) 1200m: 2:46.5 (13.9) 1300m: 3:00.3 (13.8) 1400m: 3:14.0 (13.7) 1500m: 3:27.7 (13.7) 1600m: 3:41.4 (13.7) Mile: 3:42.66 (1.2 for the final 9.34m) Splits copied from https://xcancel.com/ChrisChavez/status/2078494868540637695 Official results at https://london.diamondleague.com/programme-results/ Unfortunately you can't link directly to the 1 mile results. Scroll down to the table, select "1 Mile Men", then select "Reports", then "Race Analysis" and/or "Race Analysis Graphical". That leads to these two PDFs (not sure these links are stable): https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PRO... https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PRO...

davidw

What are the rules around pacers for this kind of thing? Are there separate records for with/without pacers?

steele

Scottish too

lysace

In Swedish news reports they were careful to specify that it was the "English mile" (sic, ish?). For clarity, the one that is used in UK, US and Liberia. It is exactly 1609.344 meters. Disambiguation (not readily available in non-simple English wikipedia): https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile

casey2

Are the guys in first and second just windbreaking for him or what's going on? Very odd.

card_zero

The BBC headline writes it as "27-year mile world record", which works out at about one quarter inch per hour.

nianderwallace

Reaction from Kerr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeE4S_d1tl0 Reaction from three other runners in that race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z-MM1ArK88 More info on Kerr's typical training week from https://www.dailymail.com/sport/othersports/article-15987481... : Monday - Ten mile easy run - 15 minutes of form drills, sprints over small hurdles - Rotate between sauna and cold tub Tuesday - Three-mile warm up, nine to ten miles continuous run at tempo pace, three miles cool down - Four x 120m strides - Session in the gym, lifting weights for up to 90 minutes Wednesday - Easy run lasting seven to eight miles - Rotate between sauna and cold tub Thursday - Ten to 11 miles at a moderate intensity - Plyometrics and dynamic exercises Friday - Workout on the track - Race-specific 1500m/mile sessions - Session in the gym, lifting weights for up to 90 minutes Saturday - Rest. Spends time walking dog with his wife Larimar Sunday - Long run of around 16 miles including some faster tempo pick-ups Probably in the 60-80 miles per week range.