There's a rule book which says anyone can participate and being married is not a prerequisite. The course is 80 meters long, including a 10-meter sand pit and an 8-by-5-meter water pit that's a meter deep. Fastest through the course wins the wife's weight in beer and cash.
"Makin' a beer run."
The winners also qualify for the World Wife-Carrying Championships in Sonkajarvi, Finland, in July. North American Championship Winners Pete Knelsen and Amanda Richardson of Ontario, Canada, qualified late last year for this year's event. In addition to Australia, qualifying competitions are scheduled this spring for Germany, Estonia, South Africa, and other countries.
The current world record holders in the wife-carrying event are Margo Uusorg and Birgit Ulricht from Estonia who burned through the course in 55.5 seconds.
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