R.I.P Sir Roger Bannister

[Herlock Sholmes]

Died at the age of 88.

The first man to achieve a sub-four minute mile in 1954. A feat thought impossible at the time.

Just had a conversation with my dad:

Me: “Sir Roger Bannister has died.”

Dad: “Has he?”

Me: “Yes. Aged 88.”

Dad: “ He examined my feet once.”

Me: “What??”

Roger Bannister was a Doctor. My Dad was off on National Service to Aden in around 1957/8. Bannister was checking soldiers feet.

I didn’t know that his record only stood for 46 days. It was beaten by Australian John Landy.

Sir Roger was a sporting legend. R.I.P.

[GUT]

Died at the age of 88.

The first man to achieve a sub-four minute mile in 1954. A feat thought impossible at the time.

Just had a conversation with my dad:

Me: “Sir Roger Bannister has died.”

Dad: “Has he?”

Me: “Yes. Aged 88.”

Dad: “ He examined my feet once.”

Me: “What??”

Roger Bannister was a Doctor. My Dad was off on National Service to Aden in around 1957/8. Bannister was checking soldiers feet.

I didn’t know that his record only stood for 46 days. It was beaten by Australian John Landy.

Sir Roger was a sporting legend. R.I.P.

And Landry did it in a fair dinkum race Bannister used pace men.

[GUT]

And Landry did it in a fair dinkum race Bannister used pace men.

Ohhh and that wasn’t meant to take anything away from his achievement.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Ohhh and that wasn’t meant to take anything away from his achievement.

Fair point GUT

[Graham]

His record lasted just 46 days. He was awfully upper-clarse......

.....whoops, sorry, just saw that this has already been mentioned. Nevertheless, he was still awfully upper clarse and not my type at all....

Graham

[Herlock Sholmes]

The current world record is 3:43.13.

It’s amazing to think that if Bannister (or Landy) had raced Hicham El Guerrouj HEJ would have been on his way to the shower by the time they crossed the line!

[Debra A]

RIP Roger
and also Derek Ibbotson.

[GUT]

RIP Roger
and also Derek Ibbotson.

Also

David Ogden Stiers, Major Winchester on ‘M*A*S*H”

[Robert]

RIP Sir Roger.

[sdreid]

R.I.P. Roger

I remember seeing him cross the finish line in the movie newsreels at the theater in 1954-he looked exhausted.

[c.d.]

It is interesting that if everybody agrees that something can't be done (i.e., a sub four minute mile) and then it is done then nobody can make that argument anymore. Ripperologists should take heed.

c.d.

[Robert]

A very rough calculation shows that the time has gone down by an average of 0.25 seconds per year (note AVERAGE). Suppose a similar average is maintained in future : obviously there will come a time when no one can run any quicker.