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macdobhran) wrote2010-05-06 08:38 am
macdobhran) wrote2010-05-06 08:38 am
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Daily Survival Guide
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On this day in 1954, Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes. Bannister's official time was 3:59.4. Until his breaching of this particular world record, members of the medical profession had considered it extremely dangerous for an athlete to attempt to run this fast. Bannister, a medical student at Oxford, proved them wrong. Bannister's record didn't last for long, however. By 1957, 16 other runners had broken the same mark.