King Street Run

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].

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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

There are currently only four pubs now on King Street due to recent closures so the run now has a smaller following.

References

  1. ^ "Cambridge History - a personal view". http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ckh11/camdoc.html. Retrieved 20 May 2007. 
  2. ^ "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. 
  3. ^ "National Pubs Week". Cambridge & District Campaign for Real Ale. http://www.cambridge-camra.org.uk/ale/309/npw.html. Retrieved 20 May 2007. 
  4. ^ 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. 
  5. ^ "Cambridge Hash House Harriers 1000th Run". http://harrier.ch/Calendar/19971128.CHHH.html. Retrieved 20 May 2007. 
  6. ^ Cambridge Hash House Harriers 1000th run magazine

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