How WORLD CHAMPION Josh Kerr Plans to Break a 30-Year World Record With a 3:42 Mile — Project 222, Custom Spikes, and the Mindset Behind History's Boldest Attempt
THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST
Dominic Schlueter
4.9 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
He said it was his to lose. Then he went out and made sure of it.
Josh Kerr is back on The Running Effect, and this time he's not limping off a global stage. He's walking out of Toruń with gold, and already calling his next shot.
At the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships, Kerr reclaimed the 3000m title he first won two years ago in Glasgow. He ran a 7:35.56, the second-fastest winning time in World Indoor Championships history.
February brought his return: a 2-mile against Cole Hocker at Millrose, a second-place finish that felt more like reconnaissance than defeat. He knew what was coming.
Before Toruń, he called the title his to lose. On March 21, he backed it up, settling patiently, surging at the bell, making himself the target, and winning by 0.14 seconds.
Now the next target is on the clock.
Project 222. On July 18 at the London Diamond League, Kerr will attempt to break Hicham El Guerrouj's mile world record of 3:43.13, a mark that has stood since 1999. The goal: 222 seconds flat. A 3:42 mile. His current PB of 3:45.34 is the British record and sixth all-time. Two seconds separates him from history.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, Josh Kerr, an Olympic medalist, a world champion, a recent world indoor |
| 0:06.0 | track and field champion in the 3K, is going after a 3.42 mile. Yes, you heard that right. |
| 0:11.6 | Three minutes and 42 seconds, or 222, which is the name of the project that Josh and his sponsors, |
| 0:19.0 | specifically Brooks Running, have launched and announced where |
| 0:21.7 | Josh will be preparing to run a 342 mile in July at the London Diamond Lake, his home country |
| 0:28.7 | where he looks to do the impossible to break a world record that was set in the 1990s |
| 0:34.6 | over 30 years ago from Hisham, Algar Rouge. And this conversation, we break down the project, the impetus for doing it, the behind |
| 0:42.3 | the scenes, technology, genius, mindset, training, preparation. |
| 0:46.6 | Everything and everything you need to know a couple months out from this remarkable |
| 0:49.8 | historic attempt from Josh. |
| 0:51.6 | We also at the end talk about potential beef with Cole Hawker and Dr. Bingham Britson, his confidence, this Connor McGregor-like-esque confidence that he takes with him into track and field and why he believes he is the best middle distance runner of our generation. And by doing this record, believes he can become the best middle distance runner ever in the history of the sport of running. |
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| 1:31.4 | to hear from the personalities, the athletes, the people like Josh, who are doing remarkable |
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| 1:41.9 | of running. |
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