Roger Bannister
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister KBE (born March 23, 1929) is a former British athlete best known as the first man to run the mile in less than four minutes. Bannister became a distinguished neurologist. He was born in Harrow, London, England.
Training anecdote
As a medical student at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, Roger Bannister chose to use his lunch hour for a 10 minute jog to Paddington track, where he ran 10 X 400 m in about 60 s with two minutes rest, then he ran back to work. The whole procedure took 48 minutes, leaving him 12 minutes to eat his lunch.
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St Mary's Hospital - Paddington
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