The annual Man vs. Horse race was held this weekend in the Welsh countryside. Sly Dai, ridden by Llinos Mair Jones, won by completing the 22 mile track in 2:07:04. Second, and the first man home, was Haggai Chepkwony, aged 40, a Kenyan living in Clifton, Bristol, in 2:17:27. 44 horses and 253 individual runners took part in the annual race.
This goes without saying, but the race started as a bar-room argument over whether humans or horses were better over a long distance. Gordon Green, founder of the race, said: "I have always said that over long distances people can beat horses and it is something I would definitely like to prove...The longer the distance the better the chance a human runner has." The race has been doubled in length for next year.
A human, named Huw Lobb, won the race in 2004, although he got a 15 minute head start.
Chad Johnson Ocho-Cinco, a wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals beat a horse in a sprint a couple of years ago, but he also had a significant head start. Click here to see that race (0:38)
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In other news of the weird, a woman in Bedford County VA was stopped at a DUI checkpoint and found to have a goat locked in the trunk of her Mercedes sedan. The woman said she had purchased the goat just a few minutes earlier to give to the four other passengers in her car, who are from Kenya but reside in Lynchburg. Reportedly (and this is classic) the woman told deputies she is from the United Kingdom and transporting goats in this manner was acceptable there. The woman was charged with one count of animal cruelty. Go Lakers.
LAAAAAAAAAKERS???????????? Are you KARAZEEEEE?
Nononononononononono, John, you disappoint. All this time I've thought you were one of the smart kids.