A Marathon Problem

Picture courtesy of Kyle Taylor

Picture courtesy of Kyle Taylor under Creative Commons License

 

I once half ran half of a half marathon, and got half way.

 

So if a half marathon is 13.1 miles how far did I run?

And if I took half an hour, how fast did I run?

Best of luck to any of you running in tomorrow’s London Marathon. Perhaps you can ponder the above as you pound the pavement.

[Many thanks to @thewritertype from whom I shamelessly nicked this quote. You could follow him on Twitter – he’s funny – and you could buy his book, it’s very funny.]

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