Four-Minute Mile, Anniversary Edition

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.

Author: Roger Bannister
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 06/01/2018
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781493038756
ISBN10: 1493038753
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Running & Jogging
- Biography & Autobiography | General

About the Author
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.