Last night Daniele told us about the time he ran the Rome Marathon. This was many years ago, before he and Alice were married, before they had even started to date or knew each other very well. The race was just about to start when he ran (not literally) into her. It was then that she first gave him her phone number. But he had nothing to write it down with at that moment. Then the gun went off to start the race. 

"For 26 miles!!!" he said. "For 26 miles while I ran I said that number over and over and over in my head so that I would not forget it!" He told us the number. He still remembers it.