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Bannister, Landy, and the Miracle 4 minute Mile
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One of the greatest sporting achievements of all time. Even after all these years only a few runners break the 4 minute barrier. I take that back. Just because I take 20 mins to run a mile doesn't mean others professional runners and our resident runner-extraordinaire can't do it faster ![Razz](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_razz.gif)
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doofus_maximus- Posts : 1903
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Re: Bannister, Landy, and the Miracle 4 minute Mile
doofus_maximus wrote: Just because I take 20 mins torunwalk a mile doesn't mean others professional runners and our resident runner-extraordinaire can't do it faster
artood2- Posts : 1321
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Re: Bannister, Landy, and the Miracle 4 minute Mile
You are running for Anna of the year, aren't you?doofus_maximus wrote:One of the greatest sporting achievements of all time. Even after all these years only a few runners break the 4 minute barrier.I take that back. Just because I take 20 mins to run a mile doesn't mean others professional runners and our resident runner-extraordinaire can't do it faster
Hellsangel- Posts : 14721
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I need to learn how to finish a race like Bannister... he had absolutely no juice left when he crossed the line! That's called getting your moneys worth... I gotta learn how to do that the next race, it must take serious balls to ignore his body and use up the last drop!
AnimationGenius 4 months ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP_NzZP_LK0&feature=player_embedded
AnimationGenius 4 months ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP_NzZP_LK0&feature=player_embedded
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Re: Bannister, Landy, and the Miracle 4 minute Mile
Hellsangel wrote:You are running for Anna of the year, aren't you?doofus_maximus wrote:One of the greatest sporting achievements of all time. Even after all these years only a few runners break the 4 minute barrier.I take that back. Just because I take 20 mins to run a mile doesn't mean others professional runners and our resident runner-extraordinaire can't do it faster
What does ANNA have to do with anything?
RIP.
doofus_maximus- Posts : 1903
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Re: Bannister, Landy, and the Miracle 4 minute Mile
I read Bannister's autobiographical 'Four Minute Mile' last night. Not all of it, because i skimmed through pages i found dry. Bannister tends to become dry whenever he starts becoming philosophical. He is at his best when describing a race or when giving insights into the art of racing. In at least one instance his philosophical digressions were really illuminating: when he said that after his initial successes in running he kept tasting defeats five or six times in a row. He was still enjoying running though and so kept going.
Quite amazing that Bannister--the first person in history recorded to have run a mile in under four minutes--was a medical student and shortly after the race with Landy he retired from athletics to focus on being a professional doctor.
Bannister talks in his book about how the ancient Greeks would emphasize on having a healthy mind in a healthy body and how professional sportspersons in ancient Greece would also participate in dramatics and other cultural activities.
Quite amazing that Bannister--the first person in history recorded to have run a mile in under four minutes--was a medical student and shortly after the race with Landy he retired from athletics to focus on being a professional doctor.
Bannister talks in his book about how the ancient Greeks would emphasize on having a healthy mind in a healthy body and how professional sportspersons in ancient Greece would also participate in dramatics and other cultural activities.
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hicham el gerrouj of morocco breaking the one-mile world record of noureddine morcelli of algeria in 1999. el gerrouj's new record: 3 min, 43.13 sec; morcerlli's earlier record: 3 min. 43.39 sec, which had stood for about seven years.
for much of the race, el gerrouj, in blue shorts, is just behind the africans in yellow tops. exciting race. beautiful strides.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvCsj7eJKKA&feature=related
for much of the race, el gerrouj, in blue shorts, is just behind the africans in yellow tops. exciting race. beautiful strides.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvCsj7eJKKA&feature=related
Jeremiah Mburuburu- Posts : 1251
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Re: Bannister, Landy, and the Miracle 4 minute Mile
Jeremiah Mburuburu wrote:hicham el gerrouj of morocco breaking the one-mile world record of noureddine morcelli of algeria in 1999. el gerrouj's new record: 3 min, 43.13 sec; morcerlli's earlier record: 3 min. 43.39 sec, which had stood for about seven years.
for much of the race, el gerrouj, in blue shorts, is just behind the africans in yellow tops. exciting race. beautiful strides.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvCsj7eJKKA&feature=related
Bannister opines in an afterward to the fiftieth anniversary of his book as to why the record for the mile keeps getting broken: modern runners are undergoing more and more rigorous training. No longer can a medical student like himself hope to break the record.
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hicham el gerrouj was a big time doper. Never got caught. His training partners were caught few years ago. 90s were the dope era in athletics.
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