Where will the records stop? In 1954 Roger Bannister ran a sub-four-minute mile and it ignited the athletic world. In 1994, Eamonn Coghlan of Ireland, at age 41, ran a sub-four-minute mile. Incredibly enough, Kip Keino of Ethiopia, at age 55, ran a 4.06 mile. The fastest mile run to date [when this column was originally written] is 3:43.13 accomplished by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco.
But back in 1954 more than 50 medical journals had published articles saying that the four-minute mile was not humanly possible. Doctors were warning athletes of the dire consequences to anyone who broke that unbreakable barrier.
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Where will the records stop?\u00a0In 1954 Roger Bannister ran a sub-four-minute mile and it ignited the athletic world.\u00a0In 1994, Eamonn Coghlan of Ireland, at age 41, ran a sub-four-minute mile.\u00a0Incredibly enough, Kip Keino of Ethiopia, at age 55, ran a 4.06 mile.\u00a0The fastest mile run to date [when this column was originally written] is 3:43.13 accomplished by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco.<\/p>\n
But back in 1954 more than 50 medical journals had published articles saying that the four-minute mile was not humanly possible.\u00a0 Doctors were warning athletes of the dire consequences to anyone who broke that unbreakable barrier.