Llanwrtyd Wells, UK. 10th June 2017. Riders and horses go to the start gate. . Wet day for competitors in the Man V Horse Marathon. Runners & horses compete in the approximately 35 km Man V Horse marathon over rugged Welsh terrain. The event is sponsored by Whole Earth foods and was conceived in 1980 by landlord Gordon Green after overhearing a pub debate in the Neuadd Arms, Llanwrtyd Wells, about whether man was equal to horse running cross country over distance. Credit: Graham M. Lawrence/Alamy Live News
Llanwrtyd Wells, UK. 10th June 2017. Riders and horses go to the start gate. . Wet day for competitors in the Man V Horse Marathon. Runners & horses compete in the approximately 35 km Man V Horse marathon over rugged Welsh terrain. The event is sponsored by Whole Earth foods and was conceived in 1980 by landlord Gordon Green after overhearing a pub debate in the Neuadd Arms, Llanwrtyd Wells, about whether man was equal to horse running cross country over distance. Huw Lobb was the first man to beat a horse and won the £1,000 annually escalating prize total of £25,000 in 2004. 2014 saw the reintroduction of escalating prize money (£500 per year until won) and introduction of electronic timing. The prize money currently stands at £2,000. © Graham M. Lawrence/Alamy Live News.
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