Thank you and RIP
Thank you and RIP
Last edited by Stagger; 04-03-2018 at 01:40 PM.
A real hero RIP
The pictures of his first sub 4-min mile are very evocative of a bygone age.
A pioneering neurologist and runner and by all accounts a true Gentlemen.
Let's not forget the impact he had on staircase safety as well.
Nice one Nick, had to think about that last line ..... just for a moment!
Indeed a great man in his own right .... I don't know how many times I've seen the footage of his record breaking run - it's akin to scenes in "Chariots of Fire", with great names like Brasher & Chataway acting as his pacers for the early laps.
Last edited by wheezing donkey; 05-03-2018 at 12:34 AM.
I was a bit of an oddball until I was abducted by aliens; but I'm perfectly OK now!
Yes, a great man, simple but effective training - 400 metre repeats at 4 minute mile pace - but sub-4; did he? All 4 timers got the same time; manual timers under-estimate by about 1/4 of a second. Sure, he did it by the standards of that era.
I should add that his Textbook of Neurology, written believe it or not with a chap called Brain - was excellent - it made a potentially very difficult subject relatively easy to get to grips with.
Last edited by Mike T; 05-03-2018 at 02:53 PM.
How would his average speed have compared to the 1500 metre world record at that time?
Roger Bannister 1,609.344 metres 1954 3:59.4.
I suppose if anybody could be bothered to work it out
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500_m...rd_progression
3:43.0 Werner Lueg (FRG) 1952-06-29 Berlin, Germany
if my reading of it is correct these two are 1500 times taken from a mile event.
3:42.8+ Wes Santee (USA) 1954-06-04 Compton, United States
3:41.8+ John Landy (AUS) 1954-06-21 Turku, Finland
Last edited by DrPatrickBarry; 05-03-2018 at 09:59 AM.
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Outside of the UK the Ben, Burnsall or Borrowdale don’t mean the same as they do here. Bannister is a legend (and ba-ba’s stair gag was very funny)