Track’s once-mythical record falls after 27 years — and hardly anyone noticed - New York Post

Mike Vaccaro Track’s once-mythical record falls after 27 years — and hardly anyone noticed By Mike Vaccaro Published July 20, 2026, 9:57 p.m. ET Britain's Josh Kerr competes in the men's one-mile event. AFP via Getty Images The world speeds by in a blur, whether we want it to or not. Odds are, you’re as likely to be reading this on a phone or a computer as staining your fingers with ink. Pitchers don’t throw 300 innings a season anymore. BlackBerries are almost as extinct as the northern white rhino. Nobody has called Sports Phone for a score update in 26 years. So maybe it is entirely unsurprising that in order to know that the world record for the one-mile run was broken this weekend — shattered, actually — you would’ve had to make it a priority to know. Maybe you would’ve had to be familiar with a Scotsman named Josh Kerr, who has been obsessively stalking the record, which stood since July 7, 1999 (when Sports Phone might’ve still been able to alert you that Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj posted a time of 3:43.13). Maybe you needed to know enough to tune in to the FloTrack livestream to see if Kerr could fulfill what he’d dubbed “Project 222” — as in, 222 seconds (or 3 minutes, 42 seconds) — and embrace what was once considered the singular athletic achievement in all of mankind. Bills can follow Knicks' title blueprint with new coach af... Unlock full access to Post sports columnists and newsletters Jon Heyman The contract reasons that could make trade of struggling Mets star difficult Mike Vaccaro Red Sox are living rarest of sports fantasies with improbable winning streak Joseph Staszewski Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins’ WWE SummerSlam match could change them forever Already a subscriber? Log in. See All Sports Podcasts