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9CatMom
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06 May 2008, 9:05 am

On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister broke the four minute mile in a time of 3:59.4. He was a 25 year old medical student at the time, six weeks away from getting his medical degree. He became a neurologist and is involved in planning for the 2012 London Olympic Games. I would really like to go there and meet him. He is an inspiration to me.



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06 May 2008, 9:46 am

Also, it was 20 years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play.



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06 May 2008, 10:02 am

9CatMom wrote:
On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister broke the four minute mile in a time of 3:59.4. He was a 25 year old medical student at the time, six weeks away from getting his medical degree. He became a neurologist and is involved in planning for the 2012 London Olympic Games. I would really like to go there and meet him. He is an inspiration to me.

In the same year his record was broke by John Landy with 3:58:0. The current record belongs to Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in 1999 with the time of 3:43:13. The guy does deserved credit for being the first to do a mile in under 4 mins.


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06 May 2008, 11:43 am

I was running the mile in high school at the time. My best time while I competed was 4:24:+ Roger was an inspiration to me, also.

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