{"id":255983,"date":"2026-08-03T11:43:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/03\/josh-kerr-outlines-next-steps-after-commonwealth-games-glory\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T11:43:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:43:45","slug":"josh-kerr-outlines-next-steps-after-commonwealth-games-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/03\/josh-kerr-outlines-next-steps-after-commonwealth-games-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Kerr outlines next steps after Commonwealth Games glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_5c0bc2\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Kerr has already erased Hicham El Guerrouj&#8217;s mile world record and the Moroccan&#8217;s 28-year-old best in the 1500m is next in his sights<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37504687\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Josh Kerr of Scotland with spectators at the Scotstoun Stadium during day nine of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Josh Kerr of Scotland with spectators at the Scotstoun Stadium during day nine of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. <cite aria-label=\"Image: Martin Rickett\/PA Wire\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Martin Rickett\/PA Wire)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Josh Kerr knows he&#8217;s running with a target on his back &#8211; and insists he wouldn&#8217;t have it any other way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">World record holder, Commonwealth champion, it was a whirlwind 24 hours for the new &#8216;King of the Mile&#8217;. But Kerr is not the sort to stand still, though he admitted he hadn&#8217;t had much sleep since his gold medal success at Scotstoun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Glasgow on the weekend is always bouncing,&#8221; he joked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">This was the event he&#8217;d had circled in his calendar for some time, but the 28-year-old has new targets in his sights. First, there&#8217;s regaining the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">world<\/a> 1500m title in Beijing next year, then upgrading his Olympic silver from Paris to gold in LA, but top of the list is another world best.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He&#8217;s already erased Hicham El Guerrouj&#8217;s mile world record. Perhaps next is the Moroccan&#8217;s 28-year-old best in the 1500m &#8211; the longest-standing running record on the books. Seb Coe, Steve Ovett, and Steve Cram are all former British world record holders in middle-distance running&#8217;s blue riband event. Kerr makes no secret of the fact he is racing for his legacy too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In middle-distance running, it&#8217;s not unknown for in-form athletes to quickly collect records. During a historic 41-day summer stretch in 1979, Coe broke the world records for the 800m, mile and 1500m. Kerr won&#8217;t compete over 1500m at the European Championships in Birmingham, which perhaps opens up another world record tilt, maybe in Lausanne or Zurich later this summer<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cI think the 1,500-world record is within my grasp,\u201d he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m going to keep going after these records. Unfortunately, I&#8217;m the sort of person who gets something and always wants more. We need to keep pushing our sport into the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to get greedy. Greedy athletes make mistakes, like I did last year at the World Championships. I want to play through all the variables and not push through the red line.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37504683\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37504683\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.506276150627615\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37504683.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Athletics-Glasgow-2026-Commonwealth-Games-Day-9.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37504683.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Athletics-Glasgow-2026-Commonwealth-Games-Day-9.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37504683.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Athletics-Glasgow-2026-Commonwealth-Games-Day-9.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37504683.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Athletics-Glasgow-2026-Commonwealth-Games-Day-9.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Josh Kerr of Team Scotland celebrates as he crosses the line to win the Men's One Mile Final during the Athletics on day nine of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Josh Kerr of Team Scotland celebrates as he crosses the line to win the Men&#8217;s One Mile Final during the Athletics on day nine of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games <cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;m a body of work built by everyone else around me and I&#8217;m incredibly lucky to have the team of people I have supporting me. You don&#8217;t know how many times you&#8217;ll get the chance to make history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Kerr has never hidden his ambitions. He vowed to smash a 27-year-old record and win Commonwealth gold this summer \u2013 and no he&#8217;s delivered on both. Admitting there was relief at backing up his bold talk with action, the Scot insisted he had loved every minute of the pressure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Sir Chris Hoy, Sir <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/andy-murray\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Andy Murray<\/a>&#8230; more of this and it&#8217;ll surely be &#8220;Arise, Sir Josh&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Chris Hoy went to my school and I was in school assemblies listening to his stories and being inspired,&#8221; he added. &#8220;To be mentioned even in the same sentence as two absolute legends like him and Andy doesn&#8217;t seem real.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;This job is not easy if you don&#8217;t have role models and those guys were mine. But I&#8217;ve got a lot of work to do to keep up with them, and I&#8217;ll try.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Thanks to National Lottery players, more than \u00a333m is raised every week for good causes. 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