The Amateurism of the '50s

There is a thought that there were people who were running sub five minute miles before him, but they weren't oxford graduates. And the reason that we think it might be true is because they were bets. So it was like this costermonger said to his may i bet you ten pounds that i can run under four minute mile. And the other person paid up. We know that they paid on. I don't know that if we're not trusting norris m water stopwater thing ever. But yed, the amateurism was really important. That's why most of the people who were quite successful runers back in the fifties were quite wealthy white men ar in