US President Ronald Reagan visited the USSR during the time of Leonid Brezhnev. By the way, he wished his hosts to provide him with a suitable place where he could run early in the morning. Having learned about this, Leonid Brezhnev expressed a desire to run early in the morning with the US president. Reagan didn't mind, and the next morning they were together. They arranged a running competition and Reagan, being more athletic, outran Brezhnev.
The Soviet press of the time reflected the event approximately as follows: "Our General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Comrade Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, won the honorable second place, while his rival, the President of the United States of America, Ronald Reagan, unfortunately only managed to rank second last.
