Josh Kerr's Project 222 attempt at the world record in the mile happens Saturday...
DUBLIN-- We wrote about it at the end of March when it was announced, and now it's here. Saturday at the London Stadium which hosted the 2012 Olympics, and the 2017 World Athletics Championships, the Novuna London Athletics Meet is the venue for Brooks' Project 222 (the number of seconds it takes to go under the current world record of 3:43.13), where Josh Kerr (Brooks Running photo) of Seattle's Brooks Beasts will attempt to take down the 27-year old record in the mile set by Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj set in Rome. Unlike Kenyan Faith Kipyegon's attempt to become the first woman to break 4 minutes in the mile last year, Kerr's attempt will come in the context of an official race as part of a sanctioned track meet. The field in the eleventh stop of the Wanda Diamond League in the men's mile is no slouc h, as it includes Paris Olympic bronze medalist Yared Nuguse of the USA; Great Britain's Neil Gourley, and Germany's Robert Farken. Kerr, the 202...
