I'm happy that nobody is timing how long it's taking me to finish that jigsaw puzzle. And there is nobody to yell at me for hogging the dining room table forever. Pshew. It is almost done, but since it is half sky, I could be at it until I finish yet another book. All puzzle workers know that the sky is the worst part.
I did finish The Perfect Mile. It's about the men who broke the 4 minute mile and their subsequent race against each other. That event was really called the Miracle Mile, according to Wikipedia. How did anyone know anything before that wonderful invention? When we were kids and asked our mom one of our interminable questions, she would tell us to go "look it up." We had the Encyclopedia Americana that was nearly tattered. It's so much easier today. Go "Wiki" that.
I had to check Wikipedia because it was taking a while to get to that big race. I had to know who won. Considering that I'm a pretty inert turtle, it was interesting to read about these very dedicated runners. It isn't just about the men, it's also about the sporting world in the 50's. I remember Avery Brundage and his stranglehold on amateur atheletics. There were complaints about starving (or highly undercompensated) athletes and Avery's crew who lived well while traveling around the world for sports. This is a very interesting, well-paced book. And as I learned, pacing is everything.
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