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"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 achieved legendary status- he ran a 3-53.46 mile-a full 2 seconds faster than former record holder Jim Ryun. Everywhere Webb was hailed as ""America's Next Great Miler."" In Sub 4-00, noted track writer Chris Lear follows Webb to college at the University of Michigan. As we witness Webb's freshman track season-watching him struggle with injuries, interpersonal conflicts, the politics of the collegiate track world, and his own aspirations to become the best miler ever-we get an unprecedented behind-the-scenes view of the life of one of the nation's most promising track athletes with a new chapter describing the latest developments in Webb's fascinating career."

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Webb's pursuit of the 4-minute mile as a high school senior was one of the most compelling stories in recent U.S. track history. Chris Lear's insightful work picks up the tale where many dropped it, following Webb to college and exposing the sub-4: 00 as not just a blessing, but a burden as well. --Tim Layden, Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated What John Feinstein did for collegiate basketball with A Season on the Brink, Lear does with Sub 4: 00, This dramatic story of personal and athletic growth is the literary equivalent of a 4-minute mile. --Sportswriter Mike Sandrock, author of Running with the Legends An insightful look into the life of a high school phenom and the resulting pressures at the collegiate level. --Suzy Favor Hamilton, Olympic miler

An insightful look into the life of a high school phenom and the resulting pressures at the collegiate level.--Suzy Favor Hamilton, Olympic miler

Webb's pursuit of the 4-minute mile as a high school senior was one of the most compelling stories in recent U.S. track history. Chris Lear's insightful work picks up the tale where many dropped it, following Webb to college and exposing the sub-4:00 as not just a blessing, but a burden as well. --Tim Layden, Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated <br> What John Feinstein did for collegiate basketball with A Season on the Brink , Lear does with Sub 4:00 . This dramatic story of personal and athletic growth is the literary equivalent of a 4-minute mile. --Sportswriter Mike Sandrock, author of Running with the Legends <br> An insightful look into the life of a high school phenom and the resulting pressures at the collegiate level. --Suzy Favor Hamilton, Olympic miler<br>

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Chris Lear knows running from the inside out. His own 4:09 was the fastest schoolboy mile of the 1990s in New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton University, where he was an All-American miler. Author of Running with the Buffaloes, he lives in Boulder, Colorado.

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