This is an inspiring story about a Bulgarian runner - Bozhidar Antonov. In this movie, he is going on a few days challenge in the attempt to break the record on the longest race in Bulgaria. The track is going through the longest mountain in the Balkan peninsula - Stara Planina. The mountain starts from Serbia and ends at the eastern side of Bulgaria, at the shore of the Black Sea.
Bozhidar's goal is to run the 600 km long and about 24 000 m elevation race for anything under four days and 13 hours, which was the current record set in 2015 by Kiril Nikolov.
In fact, Bozhidar's personal goal was to finish the race under four days.
Via this project, the team aims to bring attention to a donation cause. In 2017 Kashana hut had a severe fire accident. Bozhidar's team have already collected 500 Euro from the movie premiere in Vlaikova theatre. Now donations are still very welcomed. Here is the hut's bank account:
Ivaylo Dimitrov (ИВАЙЛО ДИМИТРОВ in Bulgarian)
IBAN BG63 CECB 9790 1038 8383 00
BIC CECBBGSF
Sofia, Bulgaria
Donation for Kashana hut (Основание: Дарение за х. Кашана).
As soon as the hut is restored, the donation information will be removed. Any amount would be much appreciated. Thank you!
The whole project has another aim - to be successful causing as little as possible impact on Nature. Such a project would usually demand a big supporting team and sponsors. However, Bozhidar requires for his team one car only! Two people following him with the car, and one person for logistical help on the phone. Bozhidar had only two additional pacers who shared some kilometres with him for mental support at the end of the race.
Bozhidar is a vegan except consuming honey now and then. He is totally against anything that comes from the pharmacy to be used as a sports support, and he would never consume any kind of supplements such as energy gels or protein shakes for example.
Another goal of this project was to show that a big project does not always require a professional team, as Bozhidar is not a professional athlete, nor his team was a professional in anything they were doing, including the movie making which was made on a laptop via the free Windows software Movie Maker by a person with no experience in making movies. The movie was made by Martin Stefanov. Subscribing to this YouTube channel will be much appreciated. Thank you!
Enjoy the adventure!
Bozho, Ivan, Boby, Martin