Horse wins again at Man Vs. Horse race

Yet again, 2012 has turned out to be the year of the horse.

Rheidol Star, a female that had previously placed 11th among horses in 2010, had a banner day, fighting what was described as ‘difficult conditions’ for foot speed and a cloudy day to win this year’s edition of the Man Vs. Horse Marathon (which is actually only a 35K race). Her time of 2:00:51 was the fastest finish since 2000.

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The top bipedal finisher was Hu Lobb, in a respectable 2:25.57, considering that if the terrain is poor the 35K distance becomes essentially a very challenging cross country race.

Lobb, one of only two human races to win the event outright over the last 32 years, has also raced for Great Britain internationally, sporting a personal best 2:14:33 at the London Marathon in 2005. When Lobb won the race outright in 2004, he ran a time of 2:05:19 under what were described as very hot conditions.

Perhaps 2013 will be the year of the human.