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The King Street Run Tie awarded to successful competitors
The King Street Run is a bi-annual combined run and pub crawl in Cambridge, England. [1]. It takes place along King Street. One of the pubs visited is now named after the event[2].
Contents
History
Students would try to complete the run in the quickest time.[3]
It was banned in 1964 by Cambridge University proctors,[4] but was restarted by the Cantabrigensis Hash House Harriers in 1982[5], and is run bi-annually.
The current record is 14 min 05 sec held by John Philips of the Cambridge Hash House Harriers. [6]
A tie is awarded to competitors who complete the course in under one hour.
The pubs
- The King Street Run, named after the run itself;
- The Champion of the Thames;
- St Radegund, named after the sixth century saint, Radegund.
- The Bun Shop (now re-opened)
There are currently only four pubs now on King Street due to recent closures so the run now has a smaller following.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Cambridge History - a personal view". http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ckh11/camdoc.html. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
- ^ "The truth is out there". Cambridge Evening News. 15 May 2007. http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/features/2007/05/15/dc7e5008-a4b4-486b-b1bc-a9b9bb13a9dc.lpf. Retrieved 20 May 2007.[dead link]
- ^ "National Pubs Week". Cambridge & District Campaign for Real Ale. http://www.cambridge-camra.org.uk/ale/309/npw.html. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
- ^ Esther Oxford, John Windsor (1995-02-09). "University challenged". The Independent (London). http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950209/ai_n13965987/pg_2. Retrieved 20 May 2007.[dead link]
- ^ "Cambridge Hash House Harriers 1000th Run". http://harrier.ch/Calendar/19971128.CHHH.html. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
- ^ Cambridge Hash House Harriers 1000th run magazine
External links
Categories:- Pub crawls
- Culture of the University of Cambridge
- Sport at the University of Cambridge
- Public houses in Cambridge
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