Racing is a great way to find out how fast you can run, but make sure your main competitor is yourself, not the guy next to you, he is just helping you beat the person in the mirror. Unless your name is in this list, there is always someone faster, but beating yourself is the true ultimate achievement.
Men's World Records[]
Event
Record
Athlete
60 m (indoor)
6.39 s
Maurice Green
100 m
9.58 s
Usain Bolt
200 m
19.30 s
Usain Bolt
400 m
43.18 s
Michael Johnson
800 m
1:41.11
Wilson Kipketer
1000 m
2:11.96
Noah Ngeny
1500 m
3:26.00
Hicham El Geerrouj
Mile
3:43.13
Hicham El Geerrouj
5000 m
12:37.35
Kenenisa Bekele
10000 m
26:17.53
Kenenisa Bekele
Half Marathon
58:33
Samuel Kamau Wanjiru
Marathon
2:04:26
Haile Gebrselassie
110 m hurdles
12.87 s
Dayron Robles
400 m hurdles
46.78 s
Kevin Young
4x100 m relay
37.40 s
Mike Marsh,Leroy Burrell,Jonathan Dominguez,Carl Lewis -also- Jon Drummond,Andre Cason,Dennis Mitchell,Leroy Burrell
4x200 m relay
1:18.68
Mike Marsh,Leroy Burrell,Floyd Heard,Carl Lewis
4x400 m relay
2:54.20
Jerome Young,Antonio Pettigrew,Tyree Washington,Michael Johnson
4x800 m relay
7:02.43
Joseph Mutua,William Yiampoy,Ismael Kombich,Wilfred Bungei