The largest relay race competition in the world is the Norwegian
Holmenkollstafetten. Traditionally, over
30,000 runners compete. The most
exciting part of the event is always the 4 x 400 meter race. In this race four runners run 100 meters each
and pass a baton. The worst time ever
recorded at this competition was in 1978, but ironically the worst time was
also the winning time that year.
The four runners of that team were the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Frankenstein, a Sleestak and Michael Myers.
The four got together and really wanted to make a name for themselves as
runners. They had a unique baton. It was a large butcher knife. It soon became apparent, due to their
complete lack of any running abilities whatsoever, that they would never perform
at the competitive level. Naturally, they
were all upset, but decided they wouldn’t let this stop them from running at
the Holmenkollstafetten. Their new strategy
was just to kill all of the other runners.
Their strategy worked. It was
messy, but successful because most of the runners lived near water, prehistoric caves, an insane
asylum, or a village. When the race
started there was only one team. The
race took 5 hours, 22 minutes and 8 seconds.
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