Jul 22, 2026 · 55 min · 18 segments
We were lucky enough to sit down with Josh Kerr the day after he shattered the 27 year old mile world record to dive into the full details of what it took for him to achieve this incredible milestone…
Josh KerrGuestLloydHostSo Josh, uh, what have you been up to?
Um, got zero sleep and, and analyzed the race as much as I could and went for a run, so you know, I had a good time.
No, I spent a lot of time with, with family and, and coaching, coaching staff and all of my people and, and things like that and tried to slow down and, and, and soak in the moment.
It's difficult to do that when, when life gets hectic, but, um, I'm surrounded by amazing people and, and I get to meet a bunch of amazing people too, so I'm, I'm very happy.
We're gonna talk about the race, the training, the build-up, the tech, the data and all of that sort of stuff, but, um, I think from a, on a human level, what does the body feel like the morning after a mile in that time?
That, that, that was something I was kind of almost worried about a little bit 'cause, um, yeah, I've never put my body through that kind of effort.
Um, you know, those kind of time trial performances aren't something that really, um, I do all that often.
So I thought, you know, as soon as the adrenaline wears off, I could be limping around the place a little bit.
And so, you know, every interview wanted me to commit to all these different races and, you know, "Try, go and try and run the 1,500-meter world record now," or, "Do you think you could go and run faster-
It's all about-
That's where my mind goes to, and then you wake up the next morning and you're like, "Oh, no," and that's not gonna be a part of our plan.
But I was able to get up this morning and, and get the work in and, and felt good doing it, so yeah, it's, uh...
Obviously you're man in demand now with media, as you said, and everyone's gonna want their five, five minutes with you.
But what does your recovery look like the next few days? I know you're staying in Scotland, so you know, you've, you haven't gotta get on some super long flights.
But what, what does it look like?
So Josh, uh, what have you been up to?
Um, got zero sleep and, and analyzed the race as much as I could and went for a run, so you know, I had a good time.
No, I spent a lot of time with, with family and, and coaching, coaching staff and all of my people and, and things like that and tried to slow down and, and, and soak in the moment.
It's difficult to do that when, when life gets hectic, but, um, I'm surrounded by amazing people and, and I get to meet a bunch of amazing people too, so I'm, I'm very happy.
We're gonna talk about the race, the training, the build-up, the tech, the data and all of that sort of stuff, but, um, I think from a, on a human level, what does the body feel like the morning after a mile in that time?
That, that, that was something I was kind of almost worried about a little bit 'cause, um, yeah, I've never put my body through that kind of effort.
Um, you know, those kind of time trial performances aren't something that really, um, I do all that often.
So I thought, you know, as soon as the adrenaline wears off, I could be limping around the place a little bit.
And so, you know, every interview wanted me to commit to all these different races and, you know, "Try, go and try and run the 1,500-meter world record now," or, "Do you think you could go and run faster-
It's all about-
That's where my mind goes to, and then you wake up the next morning and you're like, "Oh, no," and that's not gonna be a part of our plan.
But I was able to get up this morning and, and get the work in and, and felt good doing it, so yeah, it's, uh...
Obviously you're man in demand now with media, as you said, and everyone's gonna want their five, five minutes with you.
But what does your recovery look like the next few days? I know you're staying in Scotland, so you know, you've, you haven't gotta get on some super long flights.
But what, what does it look like?
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