Your spikes, which were really quite long then, would catch the material of the track and your shoe would get heavier. I was simply filing them down and rubbing some graphite on the spikes. I thought I would run more effectively.
-- Roger Bannister
   
Roger Bannister   Name:
Roger Bannister
Type:
Athlete
Nationality:
British
Birth:
March 23, 1929
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