Roger Bannister

Last week I posted a video of Roger Bannister running a sub 4:00 mile...now I am not a big mile runner, and I don't really have any desire to run anywhere close to a 4:00 mile. Roger Bannister's story is about much more than running a mile though. His story is about hard work, determination, and most importantly, belief. This is a good motivational story for anything in life, whether it be school, music, business, or athletics.

Before May 6, 1954, nobody had ever run a mile in under 4:00. Doctors and Scientists said it was impossible for a human to do, that they would either end up brain dead(from a lack of oxygen to the brain), their heart would explode, or their lungs would collapse. They also claimed that our bone structure wasn't suited to be able to do it.

On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister proved everybody wrong, and became the first person to ever run a sub 4:00 mile. 46 days later his mile record was broken, and there have now been over 4700 sub 4:00 miles. 4700 times it has happened since then, and not once before! There was not a breakthrough in mechanics, or equipment, or anything else that day...the breakthrough came in belief. The belief that it is possible, and the belief that you can do it. It is amazing what the power of belief will do for a person....and then that belief has to be followed up by hard work, determination, and persistence.

So I will leave you with two questions...What is your 4 minute mile, and how bad do you want it? Go get it.


If you click on the video in the upper right corner of the blog, it will play...however, I know it is somewhat hard to see. If you click again on the video, it should send you to the youtube page where this video is located. Enjoy, and feel free to let me know your thoughts, or even share your 4 minute mile.