Four-Minute Mile - Paperback

by Roger Bannister (Author)

The fantastic memoir by Roger Bannister, the middle-distance runner who achieved the epic quest to break the four-minute mile!

All sports have pivotal moments, single events that change perceptions forever after. For the sport of running such a moment passed on a blustery May afternoon in 1954, when Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile. This is the story of that fantastic run. Today, more than sixty years later, lovers of sport - runners and non-runners alike - will be moved by this impassioned story of one of sport's true heroes.

Back Jacket

All sports have pivotal moments, single events that change perceptions forever after. For the sport of running, such a moment occurred on a blustery May afternoon in 1954, when Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile. This is the story of that epic run. Today, more than fifty years later, lovers of the sport--runners and non-runners alike--will be moved by this modest but impassioned story of one of sport's true heroes.

Author Biography

Sir Roger Bannister was a medical student at Oxford when he made his famous run. He retired from competition after graduation and went on to pursue a distinguished career as a neurologist. He was knighted in 1975, and passed away in 2018.