The Four Minute Mile: 60 years on Six decades ago today, a piece of history was made and a record broken which can never be taken away. On a windswept and overcast evening in Oxford on May 6, 1954, 25-year-old medical student Roger Bannister rewrote the sporting record books and captured the imagination of the world when he became the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes. Now a new publication: Four Minute Mile – The quest for sport’s greatest record – released exactly six decades on from that epic run celebrates Bannister’s achievements, looks at the efforts of Bannister, his friends and pacemakers Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway, all the runners who held the record before him and missed out, and what has happened to the world record since. The new publication from Mortons Media, lavishly illustrated and written by sports journalist Tim Hartley, looks at the history of the distance as a race, some of the great characters, examines Bannister’s record effort and the training he endured to get there… and what has happened to the world mile best since. Click here to order your copy – only £6.99 a copy classicmagazines.co.uk/product/view/productCode/5457
Posted on: Tue, 06 May 2014 15:27:01 +0000
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