🇬🇧Josh Kerr has revealed his 1200m time trial result in a workout leading up to his mile world record attempt in tomorrow's London Diamond League.
He ran 2:42.45 for 1200m at altitude (5,335 ft) in Albuquerque, New Mexico while paced by Brannon Kidder, who will also be pacing him in London.
⏱️ Kerr’s splits were:
200m — 27.35
400m — 55.72
600m — 1:23.46
800m — 1:50.57
1000m — 2:16.70
1200m — 2:42.45
He closed the final 400m in 51.88.
During his world record run, 🇲🇦Hicham El Guerrouj hit the bell in about 2:47.9 with one lap to go (1209m).
To crack the all-time top 100 marathon performers list, you have to run faster than 2:04:46.
The marathon world record was 2:04:26 in 2007 by Haile Gebrselassie. He went on to lower that record to 2:03:59 in 2008 and became the first man under 2:04:00.
Gebrselassie is currently No. 42 on the all-time marathoners list.