Very off topic, but I am always impressed by the British marathon runners who mostly seem to have come from "nowhere" e.g. "Here's Dave now, some of you might be aware of his back story, but it is one worth repeating; until last year he had only ever run a marathon as part of a husband/wife panto horse charity marathon team, with Dave being the front legs/head. The night before last year's Bolton marathon his wife decided to go out on the razz with her friends and Dave found himself standing alone on the start line with no panto horse rear end. It was then that he decided to strip down to his Y-fronts and string vest and run it solo. And the rest, as they say, is history..."
