A waylaid bag recently forced an athlete to run an ultramarathon in smart shoes – but he is not the first person to be caught short at the carousel
The UK needs heroes amid its Brexit nightmare. It has found one in Peter Messervy-Gross, who has managed one of those feats of pointless derring-do beloved of the British.
Messervy-Gross, a 47-year-old UK-New Zealand citizen, recently competed in a 100-mile ultramarathon across a frozen lake in Mongolia. It’s the sort of thing done by crazed 47-year-olds who may be enduring a midlife crisis, but circumstances put Messervy-Gross’s feat (and feet) under particular strain when the airline lost his endurance kit and special footwear en route to Ulan Bator. Unable to find replacement hiking boots or even trainers for his size-13 feet, he did the whole thing wearing brogues and jeans. (He got his gear back in the end, but not before it was too late.)
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