Steve Way felt like a corpulent sloth in 2007, when he tipped the scales at 16½st and struggled in vain to kick a 20-a-day cigarette habit. But as he was kept awake by the hacking cough brought on by his smoking, he arrived at an epiphany to transform himself through running, and the results seven years on were a marvel to behold as the 40-year-old from Dorset finished 10th in the Commonwealth Games marathon on Sunday in a personal best of 2hr 15min 16sec.