Besides the running, there were other difficulties Vladimír had to cope with: “When I reached the 80th kilometre, we arrived late so the refreshment station was already closed. I was saved by an energy bar that another rider had dropped earlier and I had originally picked up as a piece of litter I was going to throw away later. A few hours on, though, I gratefully promoted it from litter to snack and ate it. Beggars can’t be choosers,” laughs Vladimír.