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.]