Roger Bannister was considered an ordinary athlete because he took up running as a hobby and trained during his lunch hour.
But in 1954, Bannister surprised everyone with his great feat when he became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes.
Sure it’s a little different than, say, Serena Williams holding the world’s #1 singles tennis champ position for the past 15 years or Pelé’s 1,281 goals in 1,363 matches along with winning three World Cup titles . . . But before Roger Bannister came along, doctors, exercise experts, and physiologists said that it was impossible for the human body to run as fast as he did.
