- Runners (Sports), Biography, Running, Runners
There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed, and in all of sport it was the elusive holy grail. But in 1952, three world-class runners set out individually to break this barrier.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Neal Bascomb
- First published
- April 14, 2004
- Pages
- 344
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing, Thorndike Press, Mariner Books/ Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780547525068
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“ON JULY 16, 1952, at Motspur Park in South London, two men were running around a black cinder track in singlets and shorts.”
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