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 ...
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 ...
As a problem to be solved, the four-minute mile is not a matter of will but science. Make no mistake: when Roger Bannister became the first human in history to run 1609 meters in three minutes and 59 ...