http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/3801177.stm
A man has won the annual Man versus Horse race for the first time in
its 25-year history.
Crowds of spectators at Llanwrtyd Wells in mid Wales saw Huw Lobb pick
up the £25,000 prize - until Saturday, one of the biggest unclaimed
prizes in
So, over longer distances, horse and rider can only average a little
over 10 miles per hour? That is interesting. Slower than I would have
guessed.
There is the Brin tie-in, of course, to _Uplift War_
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Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/
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