By James McCarthy BBC News Image source, Peter Barnett/Man Versus Horse Image caption, The race pits male versus horse over a 22.5-mile course in Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys The winner of the gruelling Man v Horse race has exposed he hadactually been awake for 29 hours priorto the occasion after flying from Tenerife to claim triumph. Trail runner Ricky Lightfoot endedupbeing just the 3rd individual to win the race consideringthat it began in1980 He informed the BBC he had woken at 06: 00 BST on Friday priorto capturing a flight to Manchester at midnight. Landing at 04: 00 he tookatrip to Wales, gettinghere at Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys, at 09: 00 for the race start at 11:00 Crossing the line, the 6feet 4in (1.93m) professionalathlete had no concept whether he had won as the individuals and animals take alittle various paths. Media caption, Can a human run faster than a horse? After asking around, he found he had come came out on top versus 1,000 runners and 50 horses with a time of 2: 22:23 He to
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