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Note: The Road Mile became an official world record event after September 1, 2023, on World Athletics Certified Courses only (i.e: elevation gradient must not exceed one meter per kilometer, start and finish line must not be more than half a mile apart).
This is a list of world records for Masters age groups in the sport of road running.The world governing body for masters athletics is World Masters Athletics (WMA). WMA conducts various world championships in what are called "non stadia" events, meaning races not held in the confines of a stadium.
On May 30, 2020, Gregorek ran what is believed to be the fastest mile ever run by someone wearing blue jeans in 4 minutes and 6.25 seconds, beating the previous world record by five seconds. Gregorek ran the Blue Jean Mile wearing 100% cotton Levi's, while raising over $37,500 for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
Former Des Moines Roosevelt and Drake University great Emma Huston topped the Iowa road racing record for all females by covering the 10-mile race in 57:19 on a windy morning.
The fact that the mile run was the only imperial distance to retain its official world record status after 1976 reflects its continued popularity in the international (and principally metric) era. [10] Decades later, the distance remains widespread, and is often used as a benchmark for distance running performance.
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The world best time for a "football 40" is 4.17 by Deion Sanders, while the extrapolated best for an Olympic-level athlete (including reacting to a starting gun) is 4.24 by Maurice Greene at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. [246] [247] Under conventional football timing on a turf field in 2017, Christian Coleman reportedly ran a 4.12 ...
May 10, 2015 Great Manchester Run: Manchester, United Kingdom [49] 15 km (road) 42:22 Todd Williams: adidas March 11, 1995 Gate River Run: Jacksonville, United States 42:05+ Conner Mantz: Nike January 19, 2025 Houston Half Marathon: Houston, United States [50] 10 miles: 45:54 Galen Rupp: Nike 30 October 2020 Dorena, United States 45:16+ Conner ...