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The Perfect Mile (Paperback)
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The Perfect Mile (Paperback)
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The inspirational story of three international runners attempting
to achieve what no one had managed - to break the four-minute mile
barrier. It was the ultimate test of endurance, and the human drama
that unfolded is told here for the first time. In sport, running
the four-minute mile was the elusive Holy Grail, considered by most
to be beyond the limits of human endeavour. Then in late 1952,
shortly after the Helsinki Olympics, three men set out to challenge
the record books: Roger Bannister, the Oxford medical student, the
great British hero who epitomised the ideal of the amateur athlete;
John Landy, the tireless Australian, the romantic who trained night
and day in search of perfection; and the American Wes Santee, son
of a Kansas ranch hand, a natural runner and the quickest of the
three ('I was just born to run fast'). Three men, each of
contrasting character, competing thousands of miles apart, but all
with the same valedictory goal. The Perfect Mile is the stirring
account of their quest for sporting martyrdom, charting their
journey through triumph and failure, culminating in the moment when
Bannister broke the record in a monumental run at the Iffley Road
cinder track in Oxford in May 1954. It was a feat that became one
of the most celebrated in the history of British sport. Far from
bringing an end to the rivalry, this watershed moment turned out to
be merely the prelude to a final climactic battle three months
later - the ultimate head-to-head between Bannister and Landy in
what was dubbed 'the mile of the century' at the Vancouver Empire
Games. Bascomb provides a fascinating account of what happened and
an invaluable insight into the motivations and characters of three
amazing achievers.
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