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| 1. Author: wee eck Date: Sat 18th Jul 2026. 17:31 The fastest miler on the planet is a Scot. His time of 3m 42.66s knocked almost half a second off the 27 year old world record. That`s equivalent to around 4 yards at the speed he was travelling at. Reply |
| 2. Author: GG Riva Date: Sat 18th Jul 2026. 20:08 What a fantastic achievement. 👏👏👏👏  Not your average Sunday League player. Reply |
| 3. Author: wee eck Date: Sat 18th Jul 2026. 20:22 It was indeed, GGR! Reply |
| 4. Author: red-star-par Date: Sat 18th Jul 2026. 23:04 wee eck, Sat 18 Jul 17:31 You wouldn`t know it by the BBC report on it, over a dozen mentions of British, Briton, Brit including when he mentions that himself. 2 mentions of him being a Scot. Reply |
| 5. Author: Raymie the Legend Date: Sun 19th Jul 2026. 06:19 A quite superb achievement. The fact that the record has stood for so long just adds more kudos. Josh started at Meadowbank, alongside my nephew, who was the best in the UK in his teens at 400m. Josh went to college in the USA and the rest is history now. My nephew chose to play rugby and was a very decent and quick winger, capped at junior level and international level in the sevens format.  It`s bloody tough being a legend Ron Atkinson - 1983 Reply |
| 6. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Sun 19th Jul 2026. 13:44 Something special about the mile distance, great achievement by Ross to break such an outstanding record.  Reply |
| 7. Author: wee eck Date: Sun 19th Jul 2026. 14:16 The mile has iconic status for Brits because of the Roger Bannister/sub 4 minute connection and I think that`s what inspired Josh. His preparation was meticulous and he even targeted a time of 3 mins 42.66 secs. He would sit in an ice bath for exactly that time as part of his training! Reply |
| 8. Author: Buspasspar Date: Mon 20th Jul 2026. 17:51 Watched the highlight of the Race and he completely destroyed the rest Well done Josh .. superb achievement We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply |
| 9. Author: Jeffery Date: Sat 1st Aug 2026. 21:10 Adds gold in the commonwealth games mile final. Incredible athlete. The race was a battle. Reply |
| 10. Author: wee eck Date: Sat 1st Aug 2026. 22:13 He seemed to have an extra gear which the other athletes couldn`t deal with. Reply |
| 11. Author: pars4life1 Date: Mon 3rd Aug 2026. 15:27 Congratulations to him but I do wonder why he’s trying to set records at an unconventional race distance? Hopefully he can start doing it at 1500m and make a mark on the world stage and not just a handful of countries that use a weird measurement system. Reply |
| 12. Author: alwaysaPar Date: Mon 3rd Aug 2026. 17:04 pars4life1, Mon 3 Aug 15:27 Just because the mile doesn`t feature in your Olympics and World Championships doesn`t make it unconventional There a lots of mile races throughout the athletics calendar and they decided long ago to keep calling it a mile as not to confuse the lesser Athletics minded public with 1600m and 1500m.... Reply |
| 13. Author: wee eck Date: Mon 3rd Aug 2026. 18:01 The world record attempt was obviously a one-off to recognise the British connection to the mile and challenge a record which had stood for a generation. The choice of having a mile race in the Commonwealth Games would be down to the organisers. I understand the first CG after Roger Bannister`s sub four minute mile in 1954 also staged a mile race so there was a precedent. The women`s equivalent race this year was also run over a mile I think. JK has run many 1500m races over the years and I`m sure he`ll continue to do so. Reply |
| 14. Author: alwaysaPar Date: Mon 3rd Aug 2026. 20:09 Definitely not a one off, 3 out of the 7 diamond league meetings each year are mile races , the other 4 are 1500mtr As the prize money for breaking world records in the diamond league is significant there have been a number of attempts to break it over the years without success Josh Kerr, as he showed in his indoor season, is in the form of his life also and the way his training plan worked , he knew he would be able to have a go at the record in London Reply |
| 15. Author: Paralex Date: Mon 3rd Aug 2026. 22:16 Not only were they demeaning him by suggesting he was British ( tongue in cheek) they doubled the insult by making out he was a Glaswegian!!! But, yes, I think he made us all a bit prouder. Reply |
| 16. Author: Jimmy riddell Date: Mon 3rd Aug 2026. 22:21 Sensible decision not to go for the Euros in a month or so. Bigger fish to fry in the Diamond league 😀 Reply |
| 17. Author: DA-go Par Adonis Date: Tue 4th Aug 2026. 22:30 Aye, hopefully Josh Kerr - the 2023 World 1500m Champion and 2024 Olympic 1500m silver medalist - can one day make his mark in the 1500m. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Equal rights and justice in this time Reply |
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