Julian FlorezFast learner: Mile record setter trained with Hobbs gradPETER STEIN/NEWS-SUNPerhaps you’ve crossed paths with Josh Kerr and didn’t realize it. “I was training for the marathon, he was training for the mile,” Florez said. But the world mile record was something even more unique than that. “It was never going to be an easy record,” Kerr told The Athletic earlier this week. It’s been a crazy ride for all involved, especially for the former Hobbs kid who never thought he would someday contribute to a world mile record.