It’s all very 2017. You take a Kenyan Olympic champion in their prime, hand-pick a course in Europe, dress them in your latest innovative kit, place them behind a pacemaking team, and try to break a ...

More than 70 years ago, Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes. And, as runners continued to obsess over the mark, several thousand more followed in his wake. But all ...

Researchers say it’s possible, at least for Faith Kipyegon of Kenya, who holds the world record for the distance. By Jeré Longman Nearly three-quarters of a century after Roger Bannister of Britain, ...

Scientists modeled what it would take for a woman to run the mile in under four minutes. NPR's A Martinez talks with researcher Rodger Kram about the prospects for women's world record holder Faith ...

On May 29, 1954—just 23 days after Roger Bannister entered the history books as the world’s first sub-four-minute miler—a 21-year-old British woman named Diane Leather notched a similar milestone. At ...

For a long time, the idea of any human running a mile faster than 4 minutes was thought of as the impossible. But in the months after England’s Roger Bannister finally broke that record in 1954, ...

Faith Kipyegon on Thursday fell short in her quest to become the first woman in history to run a four-minute mile, clocking a time of 4:06.42 at a Nike-organized event in Paris. Kipyegon ran more than ...

June 26 (UPI) --Faith Kipyegon opened her stride with 200 meters to go, but crossed the finish line in 4:06.42, coming just shy of her goal of becoming the first woman to run a sub-4 minute mile ...

Alex Hutchinson is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and Outside’s Sweat Science columnist, covering the latest research on endurance and outdoor sports. New perk: Easily find new routes ...

Sam Ruthe had the eyes of thousands on him when he stepped onto a running track in Auckland just over a week ago. Undaunted by the occasion, Ruthe went on to become the first 15-year-old to run a ...