The nineteenth century was a big, big deal for running. There were professional runners who made a career out of it. They went to cambridge and oxford; they excelled academically as well as athletically. But there was a certain class of athlete that sort of looked down upon them. And we mention this because one of the earlier ones was a guy named walter george.
Nobody thought the 4-minute mile was humanly possible, until it was. The story of how it happened is remarkable. So sit back and take a listen.
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