Oxford is the place to be next Monday for the 70th anniversary celebration of Roger Bannister’s iconic, historic 3:59.4 Mile
By Jason Henderson, Athletics Weekly
Monday, May 6 marks one of the most important anniversaries in the sport. It will be 70 years since Roger Bannister became the...
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The greatest athletic achievement of the 20th century will see a community mass Mile in Oxford city center together with BMC races at Iffley Road and much more on Monday, May 6
From Jason Henderson, Athletics Weekly
On May 6 in 1954, a 25-year-old medical student called Roger Bannister...
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“The stopwatches held the answer. The announcement came – ‘Result of one Mile … time, three minutes’ – the rest lost in the roar of excitement.”
By Jason Henderson, Athletics Weekly
As part of our series on the most momentous occasions from the past 75 years to celebrate the diamond...
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Bored with 5K and 10Ks? Try this perfect test of speed and endurance
By Nick Harris-Fry, Coach
In today’s metric world, the Mile is not a distance most people run all that regularly. Track athletes will sprint all manner of distances up to 1500m and road runners tackle anything from 5K...
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Meet at site where Roger Bannister, in 1954, became the first man to break the 4 minute Mile barrier
By Athletics Weekly
There is little room for nostalgia in sport but the British Milers’ Club will turn back the clock when they celebrate their 50th anniversary in Oxford on Saturday, July 20.... Read More comments
By Donald Buraglio and Mike Dove, The Running Life
Look at any list of the top sporting accomplishments of all time, and Roger Bannister's four-minute Mile will be near the very top. It was the culmination of a quest that captivated the world, and an iconic moment that ultimately transcended...
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I silently retire from competitive ghost-chasing. No longer in training, I hie to a quaint pub in downtown Oxford and, to the spirit of Roger Bannister and unbreakable barriers broken, hoist a pint.
By Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle
OXFORD, England -- The rain begins falling just as I...
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There was a lengthy pause as the three timekeepers compared their watches in order to come up with the official time, and then there was the announcement, “It has happened again!”
By Craig Masback
The quest for my first sub-4 minute Mile began on the streets of Rome and finished on Oxford’s...
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