You guys are much ado about nothing.
The dude never mentioned 1955. He said 'in the next 12 months
[after Bannister] there were 300'... i.e. the floodgates were
opened...
Think out of the box for a change- might it be possible that
"months" is a typo- and he meant "years" ?
Anybody know if there were 300 sub-4 performances by '64?
I doubt there were 300 performers- but maybe performances.
By the way, on a current all-time mile list linked through Mirko's
page, it shows the 300th best performance right now at 3:52 and change.
By the way, since we're talking about 4-minute miles, has anybody
seen this 1988 British movie?
http://shopping.yahoo.com/shop?d=v&id=1800178033&cf=product
It's a historical drama (as opposed to a documentary) about
Bannister and other top milers of that era in the race to be
the first under 4 minutes.
I'm wondering if the movie is any good.
RT
