Interesting Races

[Subdeacon Joe]

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1199857547315048?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/GVbfaQQ_cB8?feature=share

 

 

[Chantry]

https://www.gurkhabde.com/the-history-of-hill-racing-the-gurkha-khud-race/

 

And this close to a direct quote:  "A Gurkha runs slowly and somewhat awkwardly on flat ground, runs well uphill and no one Earth can catch the Gurkha on a downhill slope."  Credible sources have them running full speed down steep hills, often leaping 10-15 feet at a time, relying on their over developed leg and lower back muscles to handle the jumps during service on the Northwest Frontier, which is now the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.