A Rare Recording of Roger Bannister

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Race of the Century, The: The Battle to Break the Four-Minute Mile: The Battle to Break the Four-Minute Mile

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The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes. One Goal. And Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It

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Voices of Famous Polar Explorers

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Unfinished Lives: What If Our Legends Lived On? Volume 1: John F. Kennedy and Arthur Ashe

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Solider of Love: Muhammad Ali - Wit Wisdom & Truth

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First Source to Baseball: Rules, Equipment, and Key Playing Tips

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The Main Event: The Moves and Muscle of Pro Wrestling

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Sir Roger Bannister: The Mile of the Century: When Englishman Roger Bannister was studying medicine at Oxford in the 1940's, he began to have great success as a member of the track team. He knew enough about physiology to question a long-held belief: that humans were simply not built to run a mile in less than four minutes. He was determined to shatter that myth, and he did. In this episode, Bannister describes how he developed his own unique approach to training, one that allowed him to very gradually improve speed, while leaving time for his studies in neuroscience. After eight years, he was ready. At a meet held in May of 1954, he stunned the world, running a mile in 3:59.4. It is considered one of the greatest athletic achievements of all time, alongside Sir Edmund Hillary's ascent of Mt. Everest.

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David Epstein Remembers Sir Roger Bannister – the first man to break four minutes for the mile

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Best of - Sir Roger Bannister: The Mile of the Century: On the morning of May 6th, 1954, Roger Bannister achieved what most people believed was not humanly possible: he ran a mile in under four minutes. It is considered one of the greatest athletic achievements of all time, alongside Sir Edmund Hillary's ascent of Mt. Everest. Bannister was a medical student at the time. He had already been to the Olympics, two years before. And he had spent eight years developing his own unique approach to training - one that allowed him to very gradually improve speed, while leaving time for his studies. He talks here about his childhood in wartime England, and about daring to dream the impossible. This episode was originally published in 2016.

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Episode 108 - Sir Chris Chataway (Part One): In 1954 Sir Chris Chataway paced Roger Banister to the first ever sub four minute mile, broke the World 5,000m record, won Commonwealth gold over three miles, and European silver over 5,000m... and became the first ever BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

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94: Six-Day Race Part 3: P.T. Barnum – Ultrarunning Promoter (1874): P.T. Barnum of circus fame, was the first serious ultrarunning promoter, hosting six-day pedestrians in his massive New York City Hippodrome in 1874-1875.

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91: Six-Day Race Part 1: The Birth (1773-1870): The six-day race, running/walking as far as you can in six days, had its birth nearly 250 years ago in England, started by Foster Powell in 1773 who ran 400 miles in six days from London to York and back.

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Following On: Ashes Inquest - Third Test - Day One - Game In The Balance After Marsh Ton!: Jon Norman is joined by double Ashes winner Steve Harmison to look back at Day One of the third Ashes Test!

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131: Tom Osler – The Serious Runner: Tom Osler (1940-2023) of Camden, New Jersey, was a mathematician, national champion ultrarunner, and author. His running training theories impacted thousands

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59: The 100-miler – Part 6 (1927-1934) Arthur Newton: Arthur Newton of England, South Africa, and Rhodesia, was one of the greatest British ultrarunners and was a five-time winner of the Comrades Marathon. He put his stamp on 100-mile history from 1928-1934.

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8: The 50-Miler History: The early history of the 50-mile ultramarathon in America. The Road Runners Club of America and Ted Corbitt helped reestablish 50-milers in America during the 1960s. and way to prepare to run England's London to Brighton 52-miler.

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69: The 100-miler: Part 16 (1976-1977) Max Telford and Alan Jones: Max Telford from New Zealand and Alan Jones (Captain America) from Iowa were self-promoting world-record-seeking ultrarunners in the 1970s.

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63: The 100-miler: Part 10 (1968-1969) Walton-on-Thames 100: The 1969 100-mile race at Walton-on-Thames, England, with John Tarrant "Ghost Runner," Dave Box, and Ted Corbitt, the "Father of American. Also the lumberjack walker.

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#13 Its gotta be the shoes

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# 18 Special guest Ron Ortiz

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73: The 100-miler: Part 20 (1978-79) The Unisphere 100: The Unisphere 100-mile race was held in Flushing Meadows Park starting in 1978. Don Ritchie of Scotland set the 100-mile road world record in 1979 with 11:51:12

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#19 Chris Hinshaw on the Best Hour of Their Day Podcast

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Jonathan Shubert - 100 Mile Cyclist Record Holder

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6: The Last Day Run (1965-1972)

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#17 Special guest Brooklynn Sittner

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#16 Coaching our heroes, first responders

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#20 Chris Hinshaw on working with the Marines

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108: Six-day Race Part 14: Third Astley Belt Race – 1 (1879): In 1879 a six-day foot race was held in Madison Square Garden that captivated the entire city, witnessed by 80,000 and impacted worker productivity for a week

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#4 2020 CrossFit Games/Coach Hinshaw reacts to the "Corn Sack Sprint"

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“Absent, caught fire” and other great moments from Scotland’s cricket heritage

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7: The 1930 500-mile Peter Dawson Relay: In 1930, the best ultrarunners in American competed in Canada, in an eight-day 500-mile relay around southern Quebec, called the Peter Dawson Relay.

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#14 World-class endurance coach reacts to Mike Tyson performance

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50: Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim History – Part 5: The Races: Footraces were held hiking and running across the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim from 1970-1991 participated at times by more than 100 people.

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#11 Full interview with Froning and Friends

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#9 Full interview with the Barbell Shrugged team

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Talking with Historian and Author, Dr Prashant Kidambi