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Oxford , London

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It wasn’t the ideal day for Record

Breaking….. 

But.. On this day a

25 year old, six foot one,

unknown medical studentset out to achieve

what was thought impossible

up to that date.

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For many years it was widely

believed to be impossible..

for a human to run a mile ( 1609 metres)

in under four minutes.

In fact, for many years,

it was believed thatthe Four Minute Mile was

a physical barrier

that no man could breakwithout causing significant damage to therunner’s health. 

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There were A Million Reasons

The human bone structure is notsuitable..

Wind resistance would be too great..

Lung – capacity is not enough… 

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The achievement of a four minute

mile..

seemed beyond human possibility,

like climbing Mount Everest or

walking on the moon.

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Then One Man

One Single Human Being proved

that the doctors, the trainers,

the athletes, and the millions andmillions before him who tried andfailed..

were all wrong..

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When Roger Bannister

the unknown medical student,

ran the mile in ….. . 

he not only crossed the finish linewith a time of 

3 minutes, 59.4 seconds but also…. 

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Broke through the

Four Minute Mile

Psychological Barrier…. 

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John Landy

A great runner of the day ran

several 4.02 minute miles and declared:

"It is a brick wall. I shall not attempt it

again..” but

56 days after Roger Bannister’sBreakthrough,

John Landy ran the four minute mile in 3minutes and 57.9 seconds, in Finland…andset a new world record.

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Once the four minute barrier was

broken by Roger Bannister… 

37 other runners also cracked the

Four Minute Mile in the next year and

300 the year after

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Was there a sudden leap..

in human evolution ?...

A great breakthrough in training?

Human bone structure did notsuddently improve..

But human attitudes did !

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Beliefs influence what

You attempt or

choose not to attempt in life.

They determine what youpay attention to… 

How you react to difficult situations

and ultimatelyyour attitude..

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Success and failure

Begin and end

in what the mind believes

is possible.

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