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Detailed explanation-1: -Jamaica’s Aisha Praught-Leer breaks 18-year-old national indoor mile record at Scarlet and White Invitational. Jamaica’s Aisha Praught-Leer broke Kenya Sinclair’s 18-year-old national indoor mile record to finish fourth at the 2023 Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational at Boston University on Saturday.

Detailed explanation-2: -Elite marathon runners average a mile in around 4 to 5 minutes. The current world record for one mile is 3:43.13, set by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in 1999.

Detailed explanation-3: -In this study, 16 year olds were able to reach a maximum running speed of 26 kilometers per hour (3:45 per mile), while two year-olds and 10 year-olds were able to reach six (16:20 per mile) and 20 kilometers per hour (4:50 per mile), respectively.

Detailed explanation-4: -No. The world record in the mile has dropped from 3:59.4 in 1954 by Roger Bannister to about 3:45 in 60 years. The body is set up to run aerobically in distance events and then anaerobic metabolism takes over.