In this centuries-old English pancake race, 'you just have to go flat out'
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February 14, 2024
OLNEY, England (AP) — Women in matching checkered aprons, headscarves and a rainbow of running shoes limbered up Tuesday as they prepared for the centuries-old pancake race in this English country town.
They rolled their shoulders in unison, raised up on their toes and did squats before stepping to the starting line — frying pans in hand.
At the word "Go" they sprinted through the streets, trying not to drop their pancakes as they roughly traced the path taken by a harried housewife in 1445, who legend has it heard the church bells signaling the Shrove Tuesday service and raced off with her sk...
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