A Nanaimo woman took the term 91裸聊视频榢nock yourself out91裸聊视频� literally when she entered 91裸聊视频� and won 91裸聊视频� a cheese-chase race during her trip to Europe.
Delaney Irving, 19, had been travelling with a friend and they decided they91裸聊视频檇 go watch a cheese-rolling race near Gloucester, England, that annually draws hundreds of people to watch and compete.
The event on Cooper91裸聊视频檚 Hill 91裸聊视频� a near-vertical slope where competitors run, stumble and tumble down as they try to catch a three-kilogram wheel of double Gloucester cheese 91裸聊视频� was held Monday, May 29.
91裸聊视频淲e decided that we should go watch the race, so we headed over to England for that reason,91裸聊视频� said Irving, in an e-mail interview. 91裸聊视频淲e only decided about a day or two before the race that we would compete in it. I heard about the race a few years ago when my dad showed me a video of it. I never thought I91裸聊视频檇 be competing in it but here we are.91裸聊视频�
There were about two dozen cheese chasers in the women91裸聊视频檚 division.
91裸聊视频淎s soon as the cheese was pushed down the hill, we were off,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淢y strategy was to just roll as soon as I felt myself falling and I ended up rolling down most of the hill. At the very end of the hill I got back up onto my feet, but soon after fell on my head and rolled across the finish line unconscious.91裸聊视频�
She was unconscious for about two minutes and was taken to a medical tent where she came to and started to piece together what had happened and that she had won the race. She later went to a hospital for a precautionary CT scan, which showed everything was OK.
91裸聊视频淢y body is pretty bruised and achy, but other than that I91裸聊视频檓 good,91裸聊视频� Irving said. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 very lucky that I didn91裸聊视频檛 hurt my head too badly.91裸聊视频�
And the reward for going through her ordeal?
91裸聊视频淭he prize was the seven-pound cheese and a scarf 91裸聊视频� and bragging rights,91裸聊视频� Irving said.
She flies back to Canada this week, when she will find out if she can bring the cheese wheel home in her carry-on bag, but she thinks she91裸聊视频檒l have to check it in with her luggage and she already has plans for the cheese when she gets back to Nanaimo.
91裸聊视频淥nce I get back I91裸聊视频檒l have some friends and family over and we91裸聊视频檒l have the ultimate charcuterie board,91裸聊视频� she said.
Irving said she91裸聊视频檇 like to return, one day, to Cooper91裸聊视频檚 Hill, but not necessarily as a competitor.
91裸聊视频淚 would definitely go back to watch again91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淏ut now that I91裸聊视频檝e done it and won it, I91裸聊视频檓 not in a huge rush to fling myself down a hill again,91裸聊视频� she said.
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