The mile of the century was held in 18 86. The top rated pro at the time, a guy named william comings, beat out walter george by four minutes 12 seconds. 20 thousand people turned out for this race and it is because there weren't stadium or bleachers like you had to before.
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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