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Twin Tracks - The autobiography (Paperback)
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Twin Tracks - The autobiography (Paperback)
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It was a blustery late spring day in 1954 and a young Oxford
medical student flung himself over the line in a mile race. There
was an agonising pause, and then the timekeeper announced the
record: three minutes, fifty-nine point four seconds. But no one
heard anything after that first word - 'three'. One of the most
iconic barriers of sport had been broken, and Roger Bannister had
become the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. To this
day, more men have conquered Mount Everest than have achieved what
the slender, unassuming student managed that afternoon. Sixty years
on and the letters still arrive on Roger Bannister's doormat,
letters testifying to the enduring appeal of the four-minute mile
and the example it set for the generation of budding athletes who
were inspired to attempt the impossible. In this frank memoir, Sir
Roger tells the full story of the talent and dedication that made
him not just one of the most celebrated athletes of the last
century, but also a distinguished doctor, neurologist and one of
the nation's best-loved public figures. With characteristically
trenchant views on drugs in sport, the nature of modern athletics
and record-breaking, the extraordinary explosion in running as a
leisure activity, and the Olympic legacy, this rare and brilliant
autobiography gives a fascinating insight into the life of a man
who has lived life to the fullest.
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