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Sub 4
00: Alan Webb and the Quest for the Fastest Mile
by Chris Lear
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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Rodale Books (August 25 2004)
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Chapter 1: Starting Over
I arrive at the University of Michigan during the first week of March 2002, at the beginning of the outdoor track sea son. A handful of athletes will compete at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in a few days



Book Description

For more than three decades, not one American schoolboy had run a sub-4:00 mile. Then, in January 2001, Alan Webb clocked a 3:59.86 mile, the fastest indoor U.S. high school mile ever. Just a few months later, the young track star ran a 3:53.46 mile - a full 2 seconds faster than former record holder Jim Ryun. Webb was hailed as "America's Next Great Miler."

Sub 4:00 follows Webb to college at the University of Michigan. As we witness his freshman track season - watching him struggle with injuries, the politics of the collegiate track world, and his own aspirations to become the best miler ever - we get an unprecedented view of one of the nation's most promising track athletes.

About the Author

Chris LearChris Lear

Chris Lear is the author of the critically acclaimed Running with the Buffaloes. A miler, he earned All-Ivy, All-East, and All-American honors and was a two-time cross-country captain at Princeton University. He lives with his wife, Shawn, in Boulder, Colorado..

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