“If he would’ve broke [four minutes], I would’ve talked about it for the rest of my life.”
By Johanna Gretschel, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
Four laps, each clocked in precisely sixty seconds. That’s thirty seconds per 200 meters, 15 seconds for each straightaway and each snugly run curve....
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Ulick O'Connor, who broke the Irish pole vault record in 1951, recalls the legendary coach behind Roger Bannister's historic sub-4 minute Mile
By Ulick O'Connor, The Independent
Sir Roger Bannister celebrates two major achievements this month. The first is the 60th anniversary of his being...
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Sir Roger Bannister, 85, on the day he made history - and why he'd rather be remembered for his neurology than his running
By Jane Graham, The Big Issue
At 16 I was focused on getting to Oxford. No member of my family had studied there. It was quite difficult to get into Oxford then. I was...
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I became a runner; and I can do hard things: even running the Mile
By Emmilie Whitlock, Standard Journal
I am not a runner. I have painful memories of running the Mile in elementary school. Our gym coach would pass out grimy, sweat-filled popsicle sticks for each lap completed around the...
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