Can a Woman Run a Four-Minute Mile?
More than 70 years ago, Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes. And, as runners continued to obsess over the mark, several thousand more followed in his wake.
But all of them had one thing in common: They were men.
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