{"id":5211,"date":"2026-07-18T17:33:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5211"},"modified":"2026-07-18T17:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:33:30","slug":"britains-josh-kerr-breaks-the-mens-mile-world-record-that-stood-since-1999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5211","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s Josh Kerr breaks the men\u2019s mile world record that stood since 1999"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>LONDON \u2014 British runner Josh Kerr ran 3 minutes, 42.66 seconds to break the longstanding men\u2019s mile world record at a Diamond League meet in London on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5209\">Trump brings full weight of government to bolster false election claims<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Kerr broke Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj\u2019s mark of 3 minutes, 43.13 seconds, set in Rome in 1999, and the Edinburgh native then set off on a lap of honor at London Stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kerr was so dominant on Saturday that he finished just over three seconds clear of American Yared Nuguse in 3:45.69.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>The crowd support as he closed in on the record was \u201cjust incredible,\u201d Kerr told the BBC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt was just me, my shoes, and the track,\u201d he said. \u201cI was absolutely deaf in that last 110 meters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5207\">NBA business stalls out while waiting on LeBron James\u2019s free agent decision, Kawhi Leonard investigation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI didn\u2019t take my foot off the gas,\u201d he continued, \u201cbut &#8230; I started to glide and I was like \u2018oh wow this feels incredible.\u2019 It\u2019s incredible because I\u2019m slowing down. So, I was like \u2018I better get to the line.\u2019 So, crossing the finish line, seeing 42-something \u2014 anything \u2014 was my goal, so it was great.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 28-year-old Kerr\u2019s previous best time was 3:45.34 in 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He had targeted the mile race at the Diamond League meet as a main goal in a track season with neither Olympics nor world championships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The mile is not a championships event yet has iconic status in track history, with the four-minute barrier broken in 1954 by another British runner, Roger Bannister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5205\">Next big development in Boston College-to-Bruins pipeline is 2024 first-round draft pick Dean Letourneau<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Kerr was a silver medalist in the 1,500 meters at the 2024 Paris Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerr finished in 3:42.66 at a Diamond League meet in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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