Laura Muir to run Vitality Westminster Mile – runnersworld.com
Laura Muir to run Vitality Westminster Mile runnersworld.com
Laura Muir has announced she will run the Vitality Westminster Mile. Muir recently broke the indoor mile record, running a 4 minute, 18.75 second mile.
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Following her two gold medals at last month’s European Indoor Championships, Scottish middle-distance runner Laura Muir has announced she will race in the Vitality Westminster Mile, held in the heart of London on Sunday 26 May.
The mile race starts on The Mall and finishes in front of Buckingham Palace and is also the British Athletics One Mile Road Championships.
Muir said: “I ran the very first Westminster Mile in the early stages of my career and I really enjoyed it. Running in London is always special and I’m really excited to be coming back to make my first appearance at the Vitality Westminster Mile since 2013”
Muir is the fastest British female ever over 1500m (3:55:22) and is the third fastest Brit over a mile on the roads (4:18.4). The current British record for the road mile is 4:17:06 set by Laura Weightman in New York in 2017.
If you fancy joining (or racing) Muir, you can still sign up for the race on the Westminster Mile website here.