In 1954, at the age of 25, Roger Bannister made headlines around the world as the first person to run a mile under 4 minutes. Bannister's 3:59:4 mile unlocked the door to what was possible in track — ...

More than 70 years ago, Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes. And, as runners continued to obsess over the mark, several thousand more followed in his wake. But all ...

Dr. Roger Bannister climbed the Mt. Everest of track-and-field in 1954. The Briton ran the first sub-four-minute mile, once believed likely to be fatal. He broke both the actual and psychological ...

An unofficial world record but unique immortality of the sort bestowed on Roger Bannister? Not yet. And perhaps not ever. Exactly 71 years after Bannister became the first man to run a mile under four ...

Self-doubt is all too common in today’s world. We have a terrible habit of letting our fears, our weaknesses and what happened in the past creep into the present and diminish our self-belief. It’s ...

(CNN) — Faith Kipyegon on Thursday fell short in her quest to become the first woman in history to run a four-minute mile, clocking a time of 4:06.42 at a Nike-organized event in Paris. Kipyegon ran ...

STORY: :: Faith Kipyegon falls short in her bid to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes :: She clocked 4:06.42 in Nike's 'Breaking4' project, over a second faster than her own ...