Brooks Beasts' Josh Kerr says he's capable of setting the world mile record Saturday...
LONDON-- At a press conference Friday morning at London Stadium, Josh Kerr (Paul Merca photo) of the Seattle based Brooks Beasts spoke to the assembled media about Saturday's Emsley Carr Mile, the penultimate event of the Novuna London Athletics Meet. Kerr, along with sprinter Amy Hunt and middle distance runner Keely Hodgkinson were the featured British athletes the meet brought to promote Saturday's event, the eleventh stop on the season-long Wanda Diamond League tour. With one day to go, the meet at last count had approximately 1500 tickets remaining. When asked what he thought about his chances of getting under the world record of 3:43.13 set in July 1999 by Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj, Kerr said, "It's in my favor. My body is capable of the mark, and so my job tomorrow is to have my mind available to let my body do its job." "I'm very excited, and it's been a long journey. Obviously you guys have known about this since March. It's been o...
