Roger Bannister
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They are going to take us round Rome and show us a few sights
I'm only able to do it because Billie did it. In many respects she broke the psychological barrier for the rest of us too. She's sort of the Roger Bannister in the Beckett world.
And when we paid up, they didn't even say thank youMore quotes »
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Campaign To ‘Bring Back The Mile’ Hits Its Second Lap
Roger Bannister ran the mile in 3:59.40 in 1954, making him the first person to break the 4-minute mark. Photo: Allsport UK/Getty Images A grassroots movement is hoping to rekindle excitement for America’s favorite distance. Ryan Lamppa lives and breathe from Competitor.com Read more »
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¿The price is right¿: Italian ice cream firm which charged British tourists £54 for four cones takes out newspaper advert to justify the cost
Antica Roma parlour in Rome was criticised for charging family huge sum Cost reignited debate over high prices faced by tourists in ItalyParlour takes out full page newspaper advert titled 'the price is right' The Antica Roma gelataria charged brothers R from Daily Mail - UK Read more »
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Rome gelateria defends ice cream prices
Roger Bannister, his brother Stephen and their wives Wendy and Joyce, from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, were taken aback when they were charged 64 euros for the four ice creams they had ordered on the last day of their holiday in Rome. But in the ne from The Telegraph Read more »
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Making time for the 7-minute workout
Roger Bannister discovered in the 1950s as a busy young medical student that “interval training” (running hard, running easy, running hard) could make his lunch-hour workouts more efficient. In 1954 that self-devised training program helped him run the f from Globe and Mail Read more »
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Sir Roger's backing for hospital staff centre
FOR someone who made his name pushing himself to the limit, Sir Roger Bannister certainly knows a bit about the stresses and strains on the body. The 84-year-old sprinted into the history books when he became the first person to run a mile in less than f from This is Oxfordshire Read more »
