Four-Minute Mile
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2018
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Anniversary Edition
The Lyons Press (Verlag)
978-1-4930-3875-6 (ISBN)
The Lyons Press (Verlag)
978-1-4930-3875-6 (ISBN)
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.
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.
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.
Introduction the the 1994 edition . Introduction to the 1981 edition (1.) Introduction (2.) European Games (3.) Early Days (4.) Oxford-Initiation (5.) Oxford-Graduation (6.) Olympic Games (7.) First Tour in America (8.) Hesitation and Transition (9.) Training and Touring (10.) Benjamin Franklin Mile First British Title (11.) Preparation for Olympic Games (12.) Olympic Games (13.) So Near and Yet - (14.) Four-Minute Mile (15.) Empire Games (16.) Conclusion - The Evolution of the Mile Record
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.06.2018 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations, unspecified; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs |
| Verlagsort | Guilford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 126 x 203 mm |
| Gewicht | 18 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Leichtathletik / Turnen |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4930-3875-3 / 1493038753 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4930-3875-6 / 9781493038756 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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