"Mathematical reasoning may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call intuition and ingenuity.” Alan Turing.
It's hard to find anyone in Computer Science who doesn't hold Alan Turing in deep admiration. Widely regarded as the father of modern computing, Turing's groundbreaking work during World War II on breaking the Enigma code changed the course of history and laid the foundation for the development of the digital computer. His contributions to artificial intelligence, including the concept of the Turing Test, continue to influence the field today. Beyond his intellectual achievements, Turing was also an accomplished marathon runner, a lesser-known fact about this great genius.
Turing’s best marathon time was 2 hours, 46 minutes, 3 seconds, which was only 11 minutes slower than the winner in the 1948 Olympic Games. In fact, in a 1948 cross-country race, he beat future Olympic silver-medalist marathoner Tom Richards.