It was on may
6th 1954 that the first man who broke the record to run
one mile below 4 minutes. 60 years from today, it was Rogers
Bannister who run it on the Iffley Track Road at Oxford University.
The interesting
fact was that it was considered impossible that a human could break
this barrier.
Bannister start
a normal daily routine, took the train from London to Oxford and does
not even consider to run the race due to the windy conditions that
afternoon. Just half an hour before he decided to join and just
before the race the wind stopped. As he noticed that the single track
time got really good he speed up and got faster, lap by lap. At the
end of his powers he realized the broken record.
And it took
just 46 days. It was the Australian runner John Lundy who run twice
the time 4:02 prior and worked on it the same time in Finland came
underneath that magical mark.
Was it that
someone first has to belief in something? Or how could it be that
this never reached time in the history of mankind was that quick
broken? And almost 200 people broke this former record within the
next nine years?
What do you
think are similar records people are able to break soon?
What are
boundaries you belief you can overcome yourself?
GW
Article
in the guardian:
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/may/05/roger-bannister-sixty-years-four-minute-mile
Article
in the telegraph with some biographic details:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10810163/Twin-Tracks-by-Roger-Bannister-review.html
Video
interview at BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27290371
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| Statue of Roger Bannister and John Landy |
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