Twin Tracks: The autobiography - Softcover

Sir Roger Bannister CBE is a former Olympic athlete who is best known for being the first person to run the mile in under four minutes. Later becoming a distinguished neurologist and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, he is now retired and lives in Oxford.

"[T]he romance of running is at the heart of this very readable story." The Times "One reaches the final page feeling, if anything, even more impressed by Bannister...Twin Tracks is the old-fashioned autobiography of a quintessential Englishman. 4/5" Nicholas Shakespeare, The Telegraph "[A] reflective and readable memoir... . In short, he is a hero for our times and - before the term was irredeemably vulgarised - a national treasure." Michael Beloff, Spectator "His welcome open and honest autobiography... There is much else to enjoy in his autobiography, including his poignant return to Oxford as Master of Pembroke College, and his views as the first president of the Sports Council on athletics today, the Olympic legacy and the disasters of drug taking." Gerald Isaaman, Camden Review "I recommend this book for readers like me, who rarely delve into sports biographies. I was engrossed from the start, reading it from cover to cover over two days (and nights)." Sylvia Vetta, Oxford Times "The descriptions of his joy in running and the breaking of the barrier, stride by stride, are majestic." Sunday Times