It's A Question Of Spreading The Available

Whether We Athletes Liked It Or Not, The 4-minute Mile Had Become Rather Like An Everest: A Challenge To The Human Spirit, It Was A Barrier That Seemed To Defy All Attempts To Break It, An Irksome Reminder That Men's Striving Might Be In Vain.

It's Amazing That More People Have Climbed Mount Everest Than Have Broken The 4-minute Mile.

I Raced Supremely Well. I Felt I Was As Well Fitted To Do It As I Had Ever Been, And As Perhaps I Might Ever Be. I Went Climbing Three Weeks Before, Because I Was Feeling Fed Up With Running.

My Concentration Was Really On Getting To University And Becoming A Doctor. My Parents Let Me Know That School Marks Were Important. Achievement Was Something Which Came By Hard Work.

My Introduction To Track Racing Was Through The Background Of Cross Country Running, Which Is Not A Sport Perhaps As Popular In America As It Is In England.