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Looking at a Status page gave a reminder of the originator of this thread.
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[QUOTE=kladner;481037]Looking at a Status page gave a reminder of the originator of this thread.
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I very much hope that this is the wrong thread for this post!

[QUOTE=Dubslow;481055]I very much hope that this is the wrong thread for this post![/QUOTE]
I agree. I tried once to contact him after his "departure" but received no response.

Well, every time when somebody posts in this thread, and it pops onto the frontpage, I have a hole in my stomach when I read [ATTACH]17777[/ATTACH], I wanted to post this in the past, like a silly joke, but I didn't dare... Now that you are talking about... I know he wouldn't mind this joke anyhow, one way or the other... :razz:

[url=http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/43273249]Sir Roger Bannister: First person to run a mile in under four minutes dies at 88[/url]

[quote]He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2011.

A statement from his family said: "Sir Roger Bannister, died peacefully in Oxford on 3 March, aged 88, surrounded by his family who were as loved by him, as he was loved by them.[/quote]

[QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;481695][url=http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/43273249]Sir Roger Bannister: First person to run a mile in under four minutes dies at 88[/url][/QUOTE]


Omg! He was an icon of athletics. I thought he was a very methodical and scientific kind of person,

His training towards the 4 minute mile was intense and yet paced.

After he had this record many others like John Landy run 4 minute miles,

Nowadays even highschoolers are able to run a 4 minute mile.

The record is now 3:43.13 but is a bit over what could ideally be.

If the mile was run as frequently as the 1500 meter is, the record would be around 0.6 seconds faster.

[QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;481695][url=http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/43273249]Sir Roger Bannister: First person to run a mile in under four minutes dies at 88[/url][/QUOTE]Another old Exonian kicks the bucket.

FWIW, davieddy and I are both old Exonians.

[QUOTE=xilman;481716]Another old Exonian kicks the bucket.

FWIW, davieddy and I are both old Exonians.[/QUOTE]
Do you have any current knowledge of davieddy?

[QUOTE=kladner;481735]Do you have any current knowledge of davieddy?[/QUOTE]I'm a frayed knot.

[QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;481695][url=http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/43273249]Sir Roger Bannister: First person to run a mile in under four minutes dies at 88[/url][/QUOTE]

He was Master of my college, Pembroke Oxford. He was quite a modest chap really, he let his life speak for itself. A total icon though.

[url=http://bbc.com/news/uk-43396008]Stephen Hawking[/url]. :sad: