I hope you all have read Jon Gault's's piece on Abraham Kiptum the new world record holder in the half marathon. (Link below.) It's a good read. However, my favorite parts are from the Valencia race director who is very passionate about the sport. Shows the passsion a lot of LetsRunners have. When people speculated if the race was short in the LetsRun thread he emailed us and said, "(if the) IAAF remeasurement there is one meter less, we will ask for forgiveness one by one to the 13,800 runners who participated today and we will die of shame.”
It makes me chuckle every time I read it.