Alison is always tired, and when Mr Zeman first meets her he is tired too.
Mr Zeman is seen as a hard-drinking, chain-smoking politician, known for his witty put-downs of opponents.
Mr Zeman won 24.2% in the first round poll, with Mr Schwarzenberg winning 23.4%.
Zeman replaces Vaclav Klaus, who must step down after serving the maximum of two terms.
Two former prime ministers, Jan Fischer and Milos Zeman, are the frontrunners according to opinion polls.
Zeman's teams play at a higher pace than their opponents, mainly because they train harder and longer.
But Mr Zeman's government said it would decide on its future by the end of the year.
He predicted that either Mr Klaus or Mr Zeman would be "much more political" presidents than Mr Havel.
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Mr Zeman will replace the eurosceptic Vaclav Klaus, who steps down in March after ten years in office.
Mr Zeman has said he will run in a second round if no-one is elected in the first round.
The Czech prime minister, Milos Zeman, said any responsible government would be concerned over the security of its citizens.
Milos Zeman is a hard-drinking, chain-smoking politician, known for his witty put-downs of his political opponents, our correspondent says.
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So now Milos Zeman, of the Social Democrats, and Vaclav Klaus, of the Civic Democrats, seem poised to govern together.
Milos Zeman, the prime minister, and his Social Democrats are likely to do badly in the regional and Senate elections in November.
Mr Zeman effectively retired from politics in 2003, after failing to beat Mr Klaus in the election to succeed Vaclav Havel as president.
Mr Zeman replied by calling Mr Haider and his party "post-fascist" and accusing it openly of seeking to veto Prague's EU membership application.
President Vaclav Havel has criticised Mr Zeman's announcement, warning it could make Czechs an unreliable ally in the eyes of the United States.
Bank privatisation can wait until 2000, says Mr Zeman, even though state-owned banks are the main culprits in the mismanagement of Czech enterprise.
Former Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman is set to face Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg in a run-off in the Czech Republic's presidential election.
Vaclav Havel, the Czechs' non-executive president, is likely to appoint Mr Zeman prime minister soon after the new parliament convenes on July 14th.
Though unable to film at the recent trial, Zeman and Brancaccio get at its salient elements through interviews with a surprising array of characters.
Former PM Milos Zeman has won the Czech Republic's presidential election - the first time the position has been decided by direct popular vote.
"I can hardly imagine Mr Klaus or Mr Zeman sitting at Prague Castle and writing speeches - they are both political animals, literally, " he said.
Zeman's critics say he wears players out, an accusation he disputes.
Zeman seemingly became persona non grata in the game's higher echelons.
Milos Zeman, a former prime minister and head of the Citizens' Rights Party, won with 54.8% of the vote, according to the Czech News Agency.
The Freedom Party's parliamentary chief, Peter Westenthaler, then said Mr Zeman was "mentally disturbed" and "more at home in the jungle than in the European Union".
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