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| Man Carries Wife 250 Meters, Wins Her Weight in Beer |
| 2006-07-02 |
| Sonkajarvi, Finland - Could you carry your wife 250 meters on your back through an obstacle course? That's what one husband from Estonia did to win his wife's weight in beer, and even set a world record doing it. Sandra Kullas and Margo Uusorg won the race Saturday with a winning time of 56.9 seconds. They were among 40 couples who competed in the annual race. The course included pools and hurdles. The men could run or walk while carrying the women on their backs. The championship was being held for the 11th time and evokes the legend of robber Rosvo-Ronkainen who made prospective gang members carry heavy sacks while running through the forest before he would let them join his gang. Kullas clung to Uusorg's back upside down with her legs around his neck. This is Uusorg's fifth world championship. The couple received laptop computers and 49 kg of beer. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 Manolo, yea, you're onto something. With obstacles, no way I could make 250m in 56.9s, in my 20's, with a female 49kg piggybacking on my back, upside down or otherwise. And I was running for school, 1000 and 3000 meters. I would make in such conditions the first 100m in ~ 25s, the next 100m in ~ 30s and the remaining 50 m in ~ 20s give or take a couple of seconds. Without a female on the back, on a straight track--250m in ~ 33s. Moral of the above is that sometimes female is a drag. ;-) |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-07-03 00:08 |
| #2 Let's see, 829 feet in 56.9 seconds. I call BS! Someone has confused meters with feet. -M |
| Posted by: Manolo 2006-07-02 20:33 |
| #1 49 kg... wife's rather petite. If he had heavier spouse, he could get more beer. ;-) |
| Posted by: zazz 2006-07-02 03:41 |