Day 5

The now legendary team Polička is a golden ship in the composition Martin Mazal a Vitek Pucalek ended their pilgrimage in the late night or early morning hours. At the Návrší hut they got stronger (beware, unusually they were only twice in the pub in the whole time) and from the last time they had fixed that the hills were a bit shorter and that it was quite a ride. But we know how expectations end at such events. So the final trip down the hills was pretty rigorous. It was quite windy and snow was falling in clumps, which was like cotton wool and hastily covering all the pebbles. Martin still managed to break his cane during the fall and Vitek had been cultivating a good conjunctivitis since Krkonoše, so at least he couldn't see the hills that had grown since last time. The snow was forming some awesome bakulas on the ski slope, so someone was just trying to make sure the guys had an intense experience until the end. Around 2:30am we hung the medals around their necks, had a beer and everyone fell into bed.

In the morning we gradually delivered the shattered but happy participants to the train and sent them off to meet their nests, where those who had been waiting for them were surely looking forward to seeing them. There wasn't much time to dawdle and we set off to meet the girls. Vilma Havrankova a Lenka Fryčová they didn't know each other before the start, but in the last two days they know each other as if they were friends since they were kids. From Maršov nad Metuji they somehow met at a similar pace and temperament and since then they have been more or less in contact. In Olešnice, fate had arranged a thrilling night for them, when they accidentally found themselves on a punk calba and slept in the ski room with one well-sharpened stick at hand, just in case.

Orlicky were not free at all, but they flew over them at a good pace to Kraliky. There they had a night in a hostel on the square. Which was worth it, because they could regain their strength for the last long move over Králický Sněžník. Lenka managed to buy a comb in Králíky, because she had forgotten the only one and knew that it would be mega windy on the ridge of Králický Sněžník and you don't want to be dishevelled at the finish. And it was, not only was it windy, but you couldn't see a step. But then again, it was a winter romance, with frost on the trees and poles several inches thick. They had coffee and soup on the hill and headed to the finish line. They crossed it perhaps the fastest of all and we almost missed them at Paprsko. Vilma she was on skis, so she slipped to the finish line a little early. She looked good, civilized, did not smell and with this wonderful performance she finished her third participation in JIBE. First 150 km, then a victorious 300 km and today again and better 300 km, all on skis. Unbelievable.

Lenka Fryčová she was at the finish line a little behind Vilma and when we attacked her at Paprska she was running and laughing. I told her there was no hurry, but she said there was no hurry - her train was coming in two hours. She reached the finish line in a similar visual state as before the start, and became the first woman in the short history of JIBE to complete the 300km route on foot. Huge congratulations to the girls for this feat, during which they maintained a positive mood and a smile on their face despite all the hardships and pain. Vilma was a bit sad because she knew that the day's dose of intense experiences was coming to an end. But there will be more. The girls revealed that next year they will walk all the way to Havířov. They will be joined by Ivana Bohoňková on skis. So it looks like the boys will have to do their best not to be embarrassed by the girls during the fifth edition of JIBE.

And he ended today's day with a great walking and running performance Petr Horsák. He walked fast, rested well and enjoyed it. Orlický was hard for him, not only was it long, but there was not a single pub open (and there are - Masaryčka and Horský buffet for the whole Orlický), which is not enough for a guy from Otrokovice. But anyway, he did it. He put his head down for the last time in Mladkov and then set off on the final long march through Králický Sněžník. He met some good people along the way, and some took pictures with him. Just a whole lot of misery. When we walked to meet him, he didn't look like he'd done over 300 winter miles at all. He was playing music, trotting, full of energy. Very nice, and we tip our hats to him for that performance. And just so we remember, he said at the finish line that 600 km is up in the air, he just doesn't know when. We'll take that.

In the field we remain - in Králíky Jura Nedas, who's been having stomach problems for the last few days and can't eat much. He hasn't eaten much today either, so it looks like he's coming in like a lunt. He's going to hit the road early in the morning for the finish. Tomas Lovas ...pulled up a few miles ahead of the Rabbits. He wrote that he took a slightly shorter route, but thanks to that he is early in the bivouac and is looking forward to the final attack on Petříkov, where he estimates he will arrive late at night. And currently the only moving person is Tomas Brabec. He wrote this morning that the paralytics had worked and that he was rolling on. And his pace is pretty solid again. With Tomas you never know what he will surprise with, but I guess he will make it either to Králíky or somewhere beyond and there he will bivouac to give his weakened body some rest and tomorrow we will have him here. For him, however, this is a warm-up three hundred and he still has a long way to go under the Victory Arch of Havířov. The shortest route to the arch is Honza Kopka. His report was more concise today, which makes sense because he had a long day. He said it was romantic across the Oder and then it's quite a flat area with lots of bike paths. So he had a record distance today. Due to his speed, he was unfortunately unlucky at the CP in Roznov, as we are not booked for that until Wednesday afternoon (and today is Tuesday), but that is no obstacle for him. He has collected his passage points and is now bivouacking in Bařina's shelter for about 490 km. And if the Beskydy Mountains will be kind tomorrow he will have Haviřov. But it's the Beskydy......

Well, today we have a present from the competitors - no one will arrive during the whole night, so we are going to have our first night of full sleep. Good night“