Sarah June — an ultra runner as well as a running coach — just completed something pretty incredible: A 247-mile run on the ...

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 Thomas ...

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 ...

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.

NEW YORK CITY — Leah Starkey’s race strategy didn’t quite play out the way she planned, but the huge smile she wore afterward ...

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 ...

For the past eight weeks, I have been running longer every weekend than I ever have before. I’ve improved my endurance, overall fitness, and even my confidence. Now that I’ve proven to myself I can ...