Our American friends offer us money, arms, and advice. We take the money, we take the arms, and we decline the advice.
I try to avoid the temptation with time as a total indicator for what my possibilities are for the marathon. It's the not the best indicator, but it's more how you feel, how you cover the distance and how you are able to do the training afterward.
Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

