Christian Johnson set the world record for running seven 50 km races on seven continents in 6 days, 10 hours, and 24 minutes.

Here’s a complete list of the world record-holders and all-time top 26.2-mile runners.

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 ...

Sam Ruthe broke a world record for the fastest mile by any under-18 runner in history with a time of 3:48.88 at Boston University’s John Thomas Terrier Classic on Jan. 31. The 16-year-old New ...

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.

Records, as they say, are meant to be broken. On Sunday, Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo set the world record for fastest time in the half-marathon, finishing the EDP Lisbon Half Marathon in 57 minutes, ...

Wearing a pea suit, Vicky Knight bids to break a record for a runner dressed as a vegetable.