16-Year-Old Sets Impressive New World Record With Historic Sub-4 Minute Mile

Your days of running a timed mile may have ended after leaving grade school, but you likely remember just how brutal it felt. A 6- or 7-minute mile was considered solid. Every so often, a gifted runner would show off with a seemingly impossible time in the low-5s. Now, imagine watching someone cover a full mile in under four minutes.

That's exactly what 16-year-old Sam Ruthe did last weekend at the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston. He crossed the finish line in an extraordinary 3:48.88 minutes...