My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great stability until the last century. People lived and intermarried in small villages.
I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I was the kind of runner who trained so little that I couldn't race again within another 10 days.
It's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile.
I don't attach the importance to it as a lot of other people do,