Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Best Locally Themed Mementos

I've also stuck in the Most Inappropriately Named Marathons as there aren't really enough for their own list:


#2 - The Dorset Doddle. 32 miles along the Jurassic Coast from Weymouth to Swanage, up and down and up and down. Beautiful views, but exhausting.


#1 - The Picnic marathon. Yes, there's a picnic at the finish but this race is contrived by the bonkers Dr Rob of Trionium to be the most ridiculously difficult marathon ever. 


Best Locally Themed Mementos


#10 - Dartmoor Discovery 2008 - a glass block with the route laser etched into it. Shame they don't do these any more.


#8 & 9 - Snowdonia and Windermere for the slate coaster (Snowd) and slate medal (Windy)


#7 - London - London Pride on tap at the Expo, worth a few circuits of Excel


#6 - 10 in 10, a huge chunk of slate with a wicked pointy top, much more unique than a medal and a very handy weapon if you have intruders


#5 - Faversham - a bottle of Shepherd Neame, as brewed in Faversham


#4 - La Rochelle - a box of about 2 dozen oysters, and an oyster shucker. Not very practical, but very local.


#3 - Cornish - a piping hot pasty at the finish. 


#2 - Porto - a full size bottle of port. Not very handy for those with hand luggage, but must be drunk before departure.


#1 - Jersey - local, icy cold, creamy milk at the finish line. Unbelievably delicious.


Now I need to get to the Epernay marathon for the champagne and back to Bordeaux for the red, and I reckon there'd be interest in races in Melton Mowbray for the pies, Cheddar for the cheese and Cartmel for the best sticky toffee pudding ever.

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