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BOOKS · The Perfect Mile
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跑步历史四分钟一英里纪实
内容简介
The inspirational story of three international runners attempting to achieve what no one had managed -- to break the four-minute mile barrier. It was the ultimate test of endurance, and the human drama that unfolded is told here for the first time. In sport, running the four-minute mile was the elusive Holy Grail, considered by most to be beyond the limits of human endeavour. Then in late 1952, shortly after the Helsinki Olympics, three men set out to challenge the record books: Roger Bannister, the Oxford medical student, the great British hero who epitomised the ideal of the amateur athlete; John Landy, the tireless Australian, the romantic who trained night and day in search of perfection; and the American Wes Santee, son of a Kansas ranch hand, a natural runner and the quickest of the three ('I was just born to run fast'). Three men, each of contrasting character, competing thousands of miles apart, but all with the same valedictory goal. The Perfect Mile is the stirring account of their quest for sporting martyrdom, charting their journey through triumph and failure, culminating in the moment when Bannister broke the record in a monumental run at the Iffley Road cinder track in Oxford in May 1954. It was a feat that became one of the most celebrated in the history of British sport. Far from bringing an end to the rivalry, this watershed moment turned out to be merely the prelude to a final climactic battle three months later -- the ultimate head-to-head between Bannister and Landy in what was dubbed 'the mile of the century' at the Vancouver Empire Games. Bascomb provides a fascinating account of what happened and an invaluable insight into the motivations and characters of three amazing achievers.
中文翻译
讲述了三名国际跑步运动员试图实现无人能及的目标——突破四分钟一英里大关的励志故事。这是对耐力的终极考验，而所展开的人类戏剧在这里首次讲述。在体育运动中，跑完四分钟一英里是难以捉摸的圣杯，大多数人认为这超出了人类努力的极限。 1952 年末，赫尔辛基奥运会结束后不久，三名男子开始挑战纪录：牛津大学医学院学生罗杰·班尼斯特 (Roger Bannister)，英国伟大的英雄，业余运动员理想的缩影；约翰·兰迪（John Landy），不知疲倦的澳大利亚人，夜以继日地训练以追求完美的浪漫主义者；美国人韦斯·桑蒂 (Wes Santee) 是堪萨斯州牧场工人的儿子，天生的跑步者，也是三人中跑得最快的一个（“我生来就是跑得快”）。三个性格截然不同的男人，相距千里，却怀着同一个告别目标。 《完美一英里》激动人心地讲述了他们对体育殉难的追求，描绘了他们经历胜利和失败的旅程，最终在 1954 年 5 月班尼斯特在牛津伊夫利路煤渣跑道上打破纪录的那一刻达到了顶峰。这一壮举成为英国体育史上最著名的壮举之一。这一分水岭的时刻非但没有结束竞争，反而只是三个月后最后一场高潮之战的前奏——班尼斯特和兰迪之间在温哥华帝国运动会上被称为“世纪一英里”的终极对决。巴斯科姆对所发生的事情进行了引人入胜的描述，并对三位杰出成就者的动机和性格进行了宝贵的洞察。
经典段落 · 编者书摘
A man who sets out to become an artist at the mile is something like a man who sets out to discover the most graceful method of being hanged. No matter how logical his plans, he can not carry them out without physical suffering.
一个立志成为一名英里艺术家的人就像一个立志寻找最优雅的绞刑方法的人。无论他的计划多么合乎逻辑，他都无法在不遭受身体痛苦的情况下实施它们。
The critics—coaches and newspaper columnists—who had condemned him for following his own training schedule and not running in enough pre-Olympic races would soon be silenced.
那些批评他的批评者——教练和报纸专栏作家——谴责他遵循自己的训练计划，没有参加足够的奥运会前比赛，但很快就会被压制。
Running had become more of a competition to draw out the best that was in him, as if he were plumbing the depths of his will.
跑步更像是一场竞赛，目的是激发出他最好的一面，就好像他在探索自己意志的深处一样。
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