Many moons ago ๐ on a mountain in deepest Spain ๐ช๐ธ๐๏ธ, a ragtag band of runners trained for the ultimate test of enduranceโa feat never attempted, the wind whispering, โIt canโt be done!โ ๐จ๐
โโ๏ธ๐ฅ
Mid-adventure, disaster struck: the Devil itself ๐ had drained their water supplies ๐ง while they were attending to a sacred trail poo ๐ฉ. Find a solution fastโฆ or become snacks for circling vultures ๐ฆ
โณ.
Dazed and confused ๐ตโ๐ซ, they staggered into an abandoned farm ๐. Outside, a weather-beaten farmerโhalf sage, half stormcloud ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ช๏ธโcrooked a finger toward a tiny leaky pipe somewhere down the hill ๐ช โก๏ธโฐ๏ธ (distance unknown, hope questionable).
The brave runners pressed on ๐ก๏ธ, swearing oaths to the summit โฐ๏ธ and to the sacred art of hydrated quads ๐ช๐ฆ.
As they descended, the โpipeโ unveiled its true nature: a hidden spring ๐โจโa vein of the mountainโs heart, gushing liquid starlight โญ๏ธ that sang like a choir of alpine goats ๐๐ถ.
They drank. Behold! Ambrosia-level crispness ๐ง๐ฎโ๐จ. Energy thundered through their calves, hopes did cartwheels, and even their shoelaces felt legendary ๐คธโโ๏ธโก๏ธ๐.
ThenโBAM! โก๏ธ Cramps struck like lightning from Olympus ๐๏ธ โ hyper-hydrated, ultra-powered, utterly immobilized ๐ฟ. Full of vigor yet frozen in place: the paradox of champions ๐.
Out of the corner of their eyes ๐ they spied a glistening rock ๐, dusted with the ancient, sun-kissed crystals ofโฆ goat urine ๐๐งช (do not question the science, only the destiny ๐ง โจ).
With the final twitch of heroism ๐ซจ, they rolled, licked the divine minerals ๐
๐ โ and in a blink, nay, a photonโs wink, they LEAPT to their feet ๐ as if Zeus himself had yoinked them skyward โก๏ธ๐๏ธ.
In that electrified instant ๐ฅ, they unlocked the ultimate equation: water + salt + goat = GLORY ๐งฎ๐. The true formula for peakโborderline mythicalโathletic achievement was revealed ๐๐ฅ.
No one knows if this tale is true ๐คซ, but runners whisper it around campfires ๐ฅ, passing it stride to stride, guarding it until humankind was ready to receive the knowledge ๐๏ธ โ and to giggle at the ridiculousness of destiny ๐.
Or something like that...