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:: Friday, April 30, 2004 ::

Roger Bannister and the Holy Grail
The following post has been certified to be free of Holy Hand Grenades, killer rabbits, swallows of any kind, or knights that say "Ni!" Only the headline references a particular movie, you silly k-niggits

As one who plods along ungracefully at an average of 8 minutes, 30 seconds per mile on a good running day, I have always been astonished by Roger Bannister's accomplishment of breaking the four-minute mile. USA Today reports on the upcoming 5- 50-year anniversary of that feat:

Bannister's is the story of a well-lived life. He is as proud of his distinguished medical and academic careers as he is of those celebrated four minutes, less six-tenths of a second. Bannister's second act in a distinctly British life is in some respects as astonishing as his athletic feats: neurologist, author, and master of Pembroke College, one of 30 colleges that make up his beloved Oxford University.

''If you ask me in my life whether the neurology is more important or the sport is more important, the neurology tips the scale heavily in its favor because it is a never-ending quest,'' Bannister says. ''I think sport is a thing of growing up and being a student.''

Quest is an interesting word choice. It has echoes of Arthurian legend and the search for the Holy Grail by chivalrous knights.

I actually clocked in at 7 minutes per mile not too long ago. But then I hurt my Ni!

:: Andrew 07:27 + ::
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