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Wife Carrying - Dorking, Surrey
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Now coming up to it’s 8th year, the infamous Wife Carrying race in Dorking aims to carry on the tradition brought to the UK shores by Viking invaders. Run over a course of 380m, with 15m of ascent and 15m of descent, the UK Wife Carrying Race 2011 was named the UK’s Top Adventure Race by Runner’s World and was runner up in 2012.
Rules of the race include:
Males or females carry a ‘wife’ (who must be at least 18 and can be male or female, and does not need to be the carrier’s wife). All those carried must wear a helmet.
Spectators are encouraged to attend with their own water-pistols and buckets of water to staff the ‘Splash Zone’
Last placed finishers receive the ceremonial Pot Noodle and dog food.
The carrier who completes the course with the heaviest wife will win a pound of sausages (for strength).
You can use any one of the many recognised holds: bridal carry, piggy-back, shoulder-ride, fireman’s carry (across the shoulders), the well-recognised and very fast Estonian Hold (wife hangs upside-down on man’s back, legs crossed in front of the man’s face) or the not-so-fast but unique Dorking Hold (the reverse Estonian).
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