The Bannister Method

Roger Bannister did something in 1954 that many people had said was impossible.

He ran a mile in less than four minutes.

The thing is, he didn't accomplish this by running a mile as fast as he could.

He did it by setting out to run a mile in one second faster than four minutes. Bannister analyzed the run, stride by stride. He knew how long each split needed to be. He had colleagues work in a relay, pacing him on each and every section of the mile.

He did something impossible, but he did it by creating a series of possible steps.

It's easy to get hung up on, "as possible." As fast, as big, as much, as cheap, as small... 

The Bannister Method is to obsess about "enough" instead.

Roger Bannister passed away at the age of 88 on Sunday 4th March, 2018.

BBC Radio in 2012, Sir Roger Bannister speaks to Eleanor Oldroyd about the day he became the first man to run a mile under four minutes.
(25 Minutes).