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Elite Young Runners Are Becoming Freakishly Fast. Welcome to ‘Trackflation’

WIRED · Jul 20, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC

Four-minute miles are almost routine. Middle schoolers are beating college runners. Inside the youth track boom that’s turning kids and teens into speed machines.

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