“I remember running, then hitting my head, and then I woke up in the shop. I still can’t believe it, but it feels great,” Daniela Irving told the BBC, after winning the women’s race at the annual event held in Brockworth, in the south-west. from England.
Every year, hundreds of people participate in the Rolling Cheese Festival, which consists of going down a 300-meter, 45-degree hill to chase a 3-kg wheel of cheese.
The goal is to catch the cheese, or simply get down the slope first.
The young woman, a native of Vancouver Island (Canada) and only 19 years old, fell and hit her head in the last meters of the race and was knocked unconscious, but she reached the finish line first and was victorious.
Irving realized she had won the race when she woke up in the medical tent, and, when interviewed, said the race was “good…now that I look back on it.”
It is a high-risk race, as noted by a sign warning participants and spectators to attend “at your own risk.”
Every year, numerous people have to be attended by health workers for more or less serious injuries.
The steepness of the slope is such that it is practically impossible to stand up, which results in most participants ‘running’ the race by rolling like the cheese they are chasing.
Several races took place, with 28-year-old Matt Crolla of Manchester winning the first of the day.
When interviewed by the BBC about preparing for the event, he admitted: “I don’t think you can train for it. You just have to be a bit of a jerk.”
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