Last week I stumbled over a copy of the May issue of Running Time Magazine, www.RUNNINGTIMES.com and was greatly impressed by Roger Robinson’s article about Roger Bannister’s being the first man running the mile under four minutes on May 6, 1954 – fifty years ago this May.
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<p>â€Ladies and gentlemen, here is the result of event number 9, the One Mile: First, number 41, R.G. Bannister, Amateur Athletic Association, and formerly of Exeter and Merton Colleges, Oxford, with a time which is a new meeting and track record, and which, subject to ratification, will be a new English native, British national, British All Comers, European, British Empire and World Record. The time was three…â€</p>
<p>(The rest of the announcement was never heard because of the jubilant roar of the crowd.)</p>
<p>Well written, well researched and truly inspirational, you might even want to find a track and run a few laps yourself after reading it. (Fasterskier.com was not paid to endorse either the article nor the magazine)</p></div></div></div><div class=)