Sub-4:00

"Alan Webb's pursuit of the 4-minute mile as a high school senior ws 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

"Sub 4:00 provides an insightful look into the life of a high school phenom and the resulting pressures at the collegiate level. It focuses on two of the most important ingredients in successful running--health and the chemistry between coach and athlete."--Suzy Favor Hamilton, Olympic miler

"It's rare to have an athlete like Alan Webb in our midst, rarer still to have an insider's look at the drama, uncertainties, training, and racing of a track season. Sub 4:00 gives us the highs and lows, triumphs and defeats of the season that ended with Webb's decision to turn pro. What John Feinstein did for collegiate basketball with a 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."--Mike Sandrock, sports writer, The Daily Camera in Boulder, Colorado, and author of Running with the Legends