Faith Kipyegon ran a mile in 4 minutes, 6.42 seconds — more than a second faster than her world record — at “Breaking4,” a special event billed as Kipyegon’s attempt to become the first woman to run a ...

Josh Kerr broke the mile world record earlier this year. Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; Harry Murphy / Getty Images Peak newsletter 🧠 | This is an excerpt from The Athletic’s weekly ...

Think back to your elementary school days and the first race you probably ever ran: the gym-class mile. If you ran track competitively in high school or college, you might have raced the mile; a fast, ...

There's plenty of fodder around the benefits of logging 10,000 steps per day for better health. The idea is mostly the product of a myth started by some clever marketing in 1965 by Yamasa Tokei, a ...

Want to jump-start your fitness, improve your running form, snap out of feeling stale? Start training for the mile. Rob Delong was like most kids growing up when it came to running. Every year in gym ...

Kerr branded the eight months leading up to this meet as 'Project 222' S Bardens - British Athletics via Getty Images Josh Kerr has broken the long-standing mile world record with a 3:42.66s run at ...

1. A 10-mile race is the best predictor of your fitness level, because you run the race at lactate threshold pace (the speed above which lactate begins to pile up in your blood). Compared to maximal ...

WHETHER OR NOT you count walking as a formal form of exercise, there are myriad reasons to get more steps into your typical routines. Along with the extra activity, walking more can help you improve ...

Official beer mile rules require drinking a whole can of beer, running 1/4 mile, and repeating both three more times (penalty lap if you throw up). For the record: Consuming four alcoholic beverages ...