THE 4 MINUTE MILE. LESSONS FROM ROGER BANNISTER
On May 6 1954 something happened that would change the course of history forever in the athletic world. A young man decided to break from the crowd mentality and societal barricade to do what everyone had termed impossible and what has never hitherto been done before. Born on March 23 1929, he was only 24 years when he did what the world called impossible. In the world of athletics, no human had ever run a mile in 4 minutes. As far as the world was concerned, it could not be done, this was an impossible feat. But Roger Bannister decided to go against the grain and the normative norm. This day was going to be a different one as colors was about to be splashed on the canvass of history for all time. He wasn’t even an athlete, he was a medical student at Oxford University England at the time. He ran his famous mile race on the iffley road track. An amateur athlete to the core, yet he broke a barrier most thought impossible. In fact he was timed in 3:59:4, as the announcer start...