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Finally, SPIKES has been sent some fresh scientific (ish) evidence to suggest that athletics makes the world go round.
According to the Upbeat Barometer, a tool that measures the mood of the nation, the UK was one-third happier on the day of Sunday's 2014 London Marathon.
As the world’s best ever marathon runners were beaten by the best marathon runner ever ever Wilson Kipsang; Tirunesh Dibaba was denied a perfect day by a slippy water bottle (and the Kiplagats) – the ‘twitter happiness index’ reached 73, compared to the national average of 55.
Happier than a Pharrell song: London Marathon fan.