One of my selfish pleasures when racing is to cruise past people who appear to be struggling, so they can tell their running buddies they were overtaken by a bloke with one leg.

Looking at the comments about the Kingston Breakfast Run on the Runners World message board, it seems my tactic has been noted:

"Got overtaken by a bloke with one leg, fantastic, and good luck to him, i was just terrified that his false 'bouncy foot thing' would slip on the mud!"

Don't worry, mate, I know exactly what I'm doing. Eat my dirt!