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Yesterday marked the fiftieth anniversary of one of the greatest sports achievements in modern times.  On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile, completing the distance in 3:59.4.  For centuries, “experts” had widely assumed that to run the distance in under four minutes was impossible for a human being.  Entering Oxford in 1946, Bannister used his knowledge as a physician to painstakingly research the mechanical aspects of running and developed scientific methods to aid him while training with the university team.  But the most remarkable part of Bannister’s feat was not the record he broke, but the trail he blazed.

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