Eluid Kipchoge Archives | Jedidiah https://jedidiah.org.za/tag/eluid-kipchoge/ Raising a Standard of Excellence & Significance Sat, 01 Jul 2023 11:10:09 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 Breaking “impossible” barriers https://jedidiah.org.za/excellence/breaking-impossible-barriers/ https://jedidiah.org.za/excellence/breaking-impossible-barriers/#respond Thu, 17 Oct 2019 19:53:41 +0000 https://jedidiah.org.za/?p=1354 About a month ago I wrote about testing the limits and how Roger Bannister was the first man to do the “impossible” by running a mile in less than 4 minutes. I then said that “it is our achieving and ambitious nature that enables us to still set new world records.” After the four minute barrier was shattered it was like a floodgate that opened and the new world record lasted for only 46 days and within one year 37 runners also broke the 4 minute barrier.

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