Running 42 kilometres seems a daunting task to many people but imagine attempting it in the Tundra in knee deep snow, surrounded by ice and snowstorms in temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees celsius, only to get up he very next day and run a further 21 kilometres in the same conditions.

WHEN the champagne and lager stops flowing down the Kings Road, when the tears are wiped away, and heads have cleared in about four weeks’ time, there will be opportunity to reflect on the double act which has dominated the European football scene this season.