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The Perfect Mile Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It

Neal Bascomb

Follows the journey of three young men--John Landy, Wes Santee, and Roger Bannister--who suffered defeat at the Helsinki Olympics in 1952 but nevertheless vowed to break the four-minute mile, training tirelessly to accomplish their goal.

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It was mentioned as a source for the episode, and the podcast hosts acknowledged it as a great book that provided information about the four-minute mile.

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He asked us to shout out to a guy who wrote a book called The Perfect Mile, Neil Bascom because he used it as one of his sources and I guess he thought it was so great that he wanted to shout out Neil...

— Episode: The 4-minute Mile: Greatest Sports Story...

Episode: The 4-minute Mile: Greatest Sports Story?

It was mentioned as a source for the episode, and the podcast hosts acknowledged it as a great book that provided information about the four-minute mile.

"

He asked us to shout out to a guy who wrote a book called The Perfect Mile, Neil Bascom because he used it as one of his sources and I guess he thought it was so great that he wanted to shout out Neil Bascom.

Episode: The 4-minute Mile: Greatest Sports Story?

It was mentioned as a source for the episode, and the hosts expressed gratitude to the author for the helpful information it provided about Roger Bannister and the four-minute mile.

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He asked us to shout out to a guy who wrote a book called The Perfect Mile, Neil Bascom because he used it as one of his sources and I guess he thought it was so great that he wanted to shout out Neil Bascom.

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Morning Brew Daily

It was mentioned as a book that detailed the story of the Lewiston Blue Devils soccer team and the influx of Somali refugees to the town.

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There was a book that was written about it called One Goal

— Episode: Economic Implications of US-China Meetin...

Episode: Economic Implications of US-China Meeting & Climat...

It was mentioned as a book that detailed the story of the Lewiston Blue Devils soccer team and the influx of Somali refugees to the town.

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There was a book that was written about it called One Goal

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