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Old 12-31-2002, 11:28 AM   #1
Undertoad
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12/31/2002: Mud race



We've seen the redneck games. We've seen the bog races in Wales. We've seen the punkin chunkin contest in Delaware.

Now we see the annual Maldon Mud Race, in Maldon which is in Essex, England.

It came about in the 70s when a couple of pub regulars looked at the muddy banks of the River Crouch and thought it might be hilarious if someone were forced to serve a meal in the hip-deep mud whilst wearing a tuxedo.

From there, someone decided it would be even more hilarious if there was a race across the mud to drink a pint on the other side of the river and then return.

And pretty soon it was a tradition: every year, the weekend after Christmas, teams would race to cross hundreds of metres of slimy black gunk. It's a charity thing now, raising thousands of pounds.

If you're not one of the first to hit the banks, you're in trouble; insiders say that once the first few people have left their foot-holes in the stuff, the fastest way to move is to crawl. It's apparently a very difficult physical challenge, and extremely cold as well.

But stupidly, the midway pint is no longer a part of the event.
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