The Anonymous Widower

Sir Roger Returns

This morning Sir Roger Bannister carried the Olympic flame round the same track in Oxford, where he ran the first mile in under four minutes.  There’s a report here from the Oxford Mail. He was also interviewed on BBC Breakfast. They then talked about how Bradley Wiggins demolised the field in the time trial yesterday to take a good lead in the Tour de France. Susanna Reid, one of the presenters, used a classic quote of Sir Roger’s as a link between the two stories.

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

Sir Roger is 83 now and seems to be driving himself into the future as he can.

July 10, 2012 - Posted by AnonW | Sport | Athletics, Cycling, Olympic Torch Relay, Olympics