May 6, 1954 , Britain's Roger Bannister hits the tape to break the four-minute mile in Oxford, England. Record-breaking British athlete Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under four ...

For a long time, the idea of any human running a mile faster than 4 minutes was thought of as the impossible. But in the months after England’s Roger Bannister finally broke that record in 1954, ...

The mile is a classic running distance and a great gauge of your cardio fitness. Here’s a rough guide to the times you should ...

Dr. Roger Bannister climbed the Mt. Everest of track-and-field in 1954. The Briton ran the first sub-four-minute mile, once believed likely to be fatal. He broke both the actual and psychological ...

Faith Kipyegon’s attempt to become the first woman in history to run a sub-4-minute mile came up just short. The three-time Olympic gold medalist ran a personal-best time of 4:06.42 in a special event ...

Faith Kipyegon, the 5-foot-2-inch, 97-pound “Smiling Destroyer,” is the world’s fastest woman in the mile and the 1,500 meters. The 31-year-old Kenyan dynamo will be atop the marquee at the upcoming ...