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

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

Ethiopia’s Fotyen Tesfay made a remarkable first showing at the marathon distance on Sunday, running 2:10:53 at the Zurich ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The 28-year-old Ethiopian posted the fastest debut marathon ever recorded by a woman.