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3:59.4: The Quest to Break the 4 Minute Mile (Paperback)

by John Bryant (Author)

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The remarkable story of the long quest for the “Magic Mile.” The methods the runners used were passed like a baton through the generations, culminating on May 6, 1954 the day Bannister, Chataway and Brasher united to achieve the impossible.

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John Bryant has been a life-long athlete, Oxford Blue, country champion, and coach to an Olympic athlete. He was Deputy Editor of The Times and is currently Consultant Editor of the Daily Mail.

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Arrow (May 13, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0099469081
ISBN-13: 978-0099469087
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Kept Me Reading, April 21, 2008

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An excellent history of the pursuit of the 4-minute mile. I thought it would bog in the middle as the numbers and times kepting piling on, but I actually found it compelling to read. Bryant did a good job of distinguishing between all the various runners from various eras (and the pictures in the book help a lot!). He seemed to ignore what was going on outside England at times (for instance, he'd spend a lot of time on certain new records, then barely give on off-hand sentence sometimes when an American set a new mile record. In the second half of the book, however, he did a good job of covering what was going on simultaneously in the 4-minute quest on three continents.

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