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3:59.4: The Quest to Break the Four Minute Mile (Paperback)

by John Bryant (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (7 April 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099469081
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099469087
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 480,393 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Alastair Campbell, The Times

'It conveys well the momentousness of the achievement- It captures the power of the amateur spirit'


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'It conveys well the momentousness of the achievement- It captures the power of the amateur spirit'
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5.0 out of 5 stars tour de force, 22 April 2004
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This review is from: 3:59.4: The Quest to Break the 4 Minute Mile (Hardcover)
I rushed out to buy this book after enjoying the BBC television film aboutthe momentous race and agree with Mr Wooldridge that it is a a tour deforce of elegant sports writing. To those who do not know this is a bookabout the first mile run in below four minutes. It is written by a man ofequivocal Cary Grant good looks who has the dashing esprit de corps of theheroes of Chariots of Fire. Mr Bryant was himself, as he points outmodestly, a runner of feline elegance. He was not in the same super leagueas the heroes of whom he writes. Poetic he is however. His words dance andjig like atheletes running. He writes with authority as a man who hashimself pushed his feeble body to the limits and beyond. Reading this bookmade me wonder if Mr Bryant himself had it in him to be an Immortal. No isthe answer. As he himself says he had a long rangy style of running. Hesays with daring honesty and not a little brio that he did not have therequisite "inner strength" and was "a weakling" by comparison to Bannisterand Chataway. But this magnificent book is an ample memorial. He should beproud of it!
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4.0 out of 5 stars great story & a good read., 26 Jun 2009
By Gary Courtney "Sporty Gary" (Devon, England.) - See all my reviews
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I found this book to be a thorughly good read, not too bogged down in stats. The author does a fine job of drawing you into the event, keeping the tale moving along nicely, i found myself always keen to read a little bit further before i put the book down. It does however, start off with a bit too much history & of runners who no doubt paved the way but weren't necessarily on a "quest to break the four minute mile". The title & cover implies that it's all about Roger Bannister & THAT time, but this takes a while to get to. Still an enjoyable book though.
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