400-Metre Standard

When I first ran the 400-metre dash in 1944, I did it in one minute. In 1945 my time was 56 seconds and in 1946 it was 54 seconds. From then on, I always did it in under 54 seconds-53.6 or less. Even in 1961 or 1962 it was still under 54 seconds.
 
-17 January 1982 
 
  
 
[Source: "400-Metre Standard" in Sri Chinmoy,  Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 9, Agni Press/Aum Publications, Jamaica, New York, 1983.]