Runners tend to be competitive by nature, and even if you don’t like to enter races yourself (or even if you don’t like running at all!), it is still fun to look at running records and see who is the ...

How Do You Set a Marathon World Record? Like other sanctioned race distances, marathon world records must be ratified by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), the international governing body for ...

Josh Kerr is one of the fastest runners in the world - and this summer, he made history! Jenny caught up with Josh in the Newsround studio to find out ...

Russian long distance runner Iskander Yadgarov has set a new world record for the fastest marathon ever ran while wearing ...

A 32-year-old Belgian man has set a Guinness World Records title after completing a half marathon while running on stilts. Jonathan Engels finished the Skylux Half Marathon in Kortrijk, Belgium, ...

Every sportsperson aims to be their best, maybe even the best – and world records are one of the ways in which they set themselves apart from their competition. Athletes will stop at nothing to make ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Join Aaron Yoder, the world record holder for the fastest mile ran backwards, as he shares his journey from traditional running to ...