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2016 - North American Wife Carrying Championship®

Newry, Maine, United States View on map
Oct 08, 2016 (America/New_York local time)
Obstacle race

2016 distances

Obstacle race

North American Wife Carrying Championship®

Wife Carrying takes place at our annual Fall Festival. Celebrate the end of summer with events and activities for the whole family. Whether you make a day trip or a weekend getaway, we're happy to celebrate the cooling weather with you on Columbus Day weekend. Wife carrying is based on husband-and-wife teams racing, with the husband carrying the wife through a regulation length obstacle course featuring log hurdles, sand traps, and the always popular "widow maker" water hazard.Competing couples do not have to be married, though they must be comprised of a man and a woman and both must be at least 21 years old to enter. The fastest two teams from the qualifying round then compete head-to-head in a final heat. How the wife is carried is the competitors' choice, though most use the "Estonian carry" where the female participant holds the male around the waist and tightens her legs around his neck, thereby freeing his hands. Watch our how to video here, https://vimeo.com/140784628

Oct 08, 2016 North American Wife Carrying Championship® 11:00 AM
$25.00
Closed

Race-day weather

Conditions on October 8, 2016 — historical Open-Meteo data.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (recorded on race day) 9.8° / Maximum temperature (recorded on race day) 19.4°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 7.9° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 19.4°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (recorded on race day)
13.1
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (recorded on race day)
0.0mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (recorded on race day)
73.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on October 8, 2016 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on October 8, 2016 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
11h 20m

The sun rises at 6:50 AM and sets at 6:10 PM local time (EDT) in Newry on October 8, 2016 — 11h 20m of daylight.

Course

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  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 5 Newry events

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