Could you do that?

[shillelagh]

Name: The Wife-Carrying Championships
Location: Sonkajärvi, Finland
When's the party? 4 July
The set-up: The challenge is to carry your beloved 253 metres over sand, grass and asphalt, and comes complete with a couple of water obstacles to make it cosy. You can drop her as many times as you like - it's only a 15-second penalty. Ouch. Only joking, darling.
Festival fact: Victory is rewarded with a barrel of beer equal to your partner's body weight. Defeat is rewarded with compulsory entry in the beer-barrel-rolling and strong-man competitions.
Top tip: Forgot your wife? You can borrow one in Sonkajärvi - as long as she's over 17. The Wife-Carrying Championships authorities don't stipulate that your partner has to be a lawful spouse. In fact, the contest was originally inspired by 19th century brigands, who would carry off village wives and loot.

Ok who's mad enough to do that from Accyweb?