What Man Has Done, Man May Do
What man has done, man may do. – Proverb On May 6th, 1954, at Oxford University’s Iffley Road Track, Roger Bannister became the first recorded man in history to run a mile – exactly 5,280 feet – in less than 4 minutes. His time, 3:59:04, was thought unachievable. Men had tried countless times and failed.…