10 Most Unique Sports You Won't Believe Exist

4. Man Versus Horse Marathon

From the title alone one would expect this sport to be a pointless affair akin to seeing a race between Usain Bolt and a bowl of carbonara. But scratch the surface and you will discover a great contest of man vs beast, with man.

The event started in 1980 when, as legend has it, a pub landlord overheard a debate on whether a man over a long distance through the country could beat a horse. Unlike many pub arguments that tend to devolve into a scream fest and a massive fist fight, the theory was put to the test and has been getting bigger every year since.

Although the yearly event is commonly won by a horse-and-rider (because of course it is, they have twice as many legs and are horses) human runners have been known to win, most recently in 2007. The race, technically 4 miles short of a marathon, is held in Llanwrtyd Wells Wales, which oddly enough also hosts the world bog snorkelling championship. There must be something in the water.

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