Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli had a look of pure shock on her face as I flew past her. Verbier’s top fitness coach appeared equally confused as he struggled in vain to keep pace with me. Finally, I met Sam near the front and zoomed past him without comment, eventually getting up the hill in twenty-four minutes! When Sam reached the top the best part of an hour later, the only part of my body aching was my face, from grinning too much. Sam looked absolutely knackered, and flabbergasted that his dad had outdone him. After I got him to agree to get me a polka-dot jersey as honorary King of
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