The Perfect Mile
by Neal Bascomb
Three runners (Bannister, Landy, Santee) chasing the four-minute mile in 1952 to 1954, told as a race across continents. Excellent narrative history and a study of how a barrier falls once it is believed to be breakable.
Read it if…
you want the four-minute-mile story told properly.
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Skip it if…
you want the myth in a paragraph; the book is the detail.
Try instead: All the Places to Go →
Three things you will actually use
- Barriers are partly belief.
- Preparation meets a single day.
- Rivals make records.
Do this first
Read the Iffley Road chapter.
Our verdict
How a barrier falls.
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