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Mercedes-Benz Classic Mile Offers Car for Sub-4:00 Winner

Posted April 27th, 2008 at 9:30 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

The fifth annual Mercedes-Benz Classic Mile will be held once again at Cambridge’s Galt Collegiate Institute in Ontario, Canada, on Saturday June 14, and a brand new Mercedes B200 sedan awaits the winner of the men’s invitational heat should he break the four-minute barrier.

That’s not as easy as it sounds because the track at Galt is made of crushed brick and is not nearly as fast as today’s synthetic surfaces. In 2005 Kenya’s Laban Rotich recorded 3:58.9 to win a car.
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Four Minutes - ESPN’s movie about Sir Roger Bannister & his will to succeed

Posted November 30th, 2006 at 7:00 AM by Danielle Correa

Section: Motivation, Movies, Special Features, TFS Reviews

four minute cover.jpg Four Minutes, an ESPN movie, is based on the true story of Roger Bannister and his quest to run a four minute mile. It is the perfect motivational film to watch the night before a big race. With an outstanding cast and a driven plot, Four Minutes is a very emotional and touching running flick.

At the opening of the movie, we are introduced to Bannister, played by Jamie Maclachlan, a British medical student who has a deep love for running. Bannister is running alongside a beach at a young age. Within minutes, he evolves into the 18-year old man that we begin to know and love. In a conversation with his father, Bannister discusses how great it would be to achieve the challenge of the four-minute mile, the most famous barrier in sports history. However, his father tells him, “Neither the heart nor the lungs could take it.” Read the rest of this entry »

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