World Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling Championship

Many people think the Brits are a bunch of stuck up provincials who are still pissed that a bunch of rag tag colonials kicked their ass a few hundred years ago. But this fine country has produced the likes of Monty Python, Benny Hill and the original Office series.

The Welsh, living in a hard but beautiful land, not only have a language that defies logic, they have quite the sense of adventure. So what do they do for fun? They fill bike frames with lead, load the tires with water and go for a little jaunt through a bog -- wearing a snorkel. Why do it?

"Organisers say the triathlon was set up to accommodate overwhelming demand for "more dirty fun around our famous Waen Rhydd Bog".

It being a triathlon, other events include:

". . . a 12 mile run . . . followed by two lengths of the 60 yard peat bog trench and then a 25 mile mountain cycle. "

Read the whole article here.

Lake Nokomis, anyone?

Cheers