Track prodigy Sam Ruthe “didn’t expect” to break a world record. The 16-year-old New Zealander set a new record for the fastest mile by any under-18 runner in history with a time of 3:48.88 at Boston ...

Peabody native Heather MacLean ran the fastest mile in the world this year on Sunday, clocking 4:17 for the second fastest American indoor mile of all time. Her time is second in American history to ...

A 16-year-old schoolboy from a coastal resort in New Zealand has obliterated the world record for the fastest mile by a junior runner in one of the most jaw-dropping athletics feats of recent times.

(CNN) — A 16-year-old from New Zealand has set a new world record for the fastest mile run by an under–18 athlete. Sam Ruthe crossed the finish line in an extraordinary 3:48.88 minutes at the John ...

PARIS — As Kenyan middle-distance star Faith Kipyegon attempts to become the first woman to run a sub-4-minute mile on Thursday, the world turns its attention to the elite company she hopes to join.

Faith Kipyegon's attempt to become the first woman to run a mile in less than four minutes came up 6.42 seconds short Thursday, with the combination of Kipyegon’s speed and a complex system of ...

When the opportunity to run the 5th Avenue Mile in New York City came around this year—they have a media mile in which Runner’s World editors can participate—I had already been about six weeks into ...