Look at these shoes. They are very flat, light, and old. They have spikes on the bottom. If you had to run a race, would you pick these shoes?

A man named Roger Bannister did. Of course, when he used them in May of 1964, they weren’t old

. Mr. Bannister was an English medical student. God gave him a gift for running. He did something no one had ever done before. Wearing these shoes, he ran a mile in less than four minutes. His took three minutes and 59.4 seconds. Talk about a close call!

Since that day, others have broken Mr. Bannister’s record. But few have forgotten him. Now his shoes are going to auction. They will probably fetch between $47,000 and $78,000!