I started running and am currently doing a mile which is 1,760 yards
That is awesome. I have trouble running a mile. Is that a common milestone?
The mile is close to the 1500 meter race and is usually at a lot of track contests
Is there a record for the fastest mile?
Moroccos Hicham El Guerrouj ran it in 3:43.13  Much faster than me
That sounds unbelievable. What else can you tell me about the mile?
English mile gained its current definition of 1,760 yards through a statute of the Parliament of England in 1593. Thus, the history of the mile run began in England and it initially found usage within the wagered running contests of the 18th and 19th century. Such contests would attract large numbers of spectators and gamblers – so many that the activity became a professional one for its more-established participants.
The mile run was at the heart of the divide between professional and amateur sports in the late 19th century. Separate world
deliberately. I happen to know that wasn't the case at all. The reason I fell is because I am and was very inexperienced in running in a pack."
Decker had a successful 1985 season, winning twelve mile and 3000 meters races in the European athletics calendar, which included a new official world record for the women's mile of 4:16.71 in Zurich (Natalya Artyomova's 4:15.8 in 1984, not being ratified by the IAAF). Since that race in 1985, her time has only been bettered on four