Coal runnings! Brits celebrate Easter Monday with Coal Carrying Champs

M/S Miner costume, Gawthorpe
W/S Truck loaded with bags of coal awaits the competitors outside Royal Oak pub
SOT, Duncan Smith, contestant: "Well it all started off in 1963, there were three men in the local pub as often happens after work, there was two of them at the bar, a coal merchant, a miner and the third guy came in and they said, 'by 'eck, you look tired.' They said, I tell you what, I am as fit as you are, the coal merchant said, I tell you what, get a bag of coal on your back and I will race you from the Maypole Green to the Royal Oak."
C/U Tying bag of coal up
M/S Tying bag of coal up
C/U T-shirt of the event
SOT, Anthony Swayne, contestant: "I don't see anywhere else doing it, they might do it in bits of pieces everywhere else but in Yorkshire we carry coal."
M/S Competitors gathered at the Royal Oak
M/S Preparing bags of coal for the race
M/S Men grabbing coal of the truck
M/S Men grabbing coal of the truck
Women warm up outside the Royal Oak
SOT, Michelle Kilburn, contestant: "We started training just as a hobby, a fun thing to do on a Sunday, our gym was doing a training session and we enjoyed it so much we thought we would sign up and have a go on the day."
M/S Women grab bag of the back of the truck
SOT, Duncan Smith, contestant: "The rules of the game is that men have to carry 50kg [110lbs] of coal over a 1,030 metre [3,380ft] course, women carry 20kg [44lbs], it's the same course distance as well for them but a different weight."
W/S Women race begins at the start line
W/S Leader of men's race
M/S Men progress on the uphill stretch of the race
M/S Contestant on the way to the finish
W/S Contestant on the way to the finish
M/S People clapping
M/S Man dropping bag of coal
SOT, Colin Manners, contestant: "The last couple of years I have been doing it, tough, I am a former professional boxer but this takes everything out of your body, when you come to that hill, you need guts and determination and a lot of these people here, even though one or two have been last, you have got get up that hill and it's absolutely murderous."
M/S Man dropping bag of coal
M/S Man dropping bag of coal
C/U Contestant panting after race
W/S Contestants running
SCRIPT
Men and women in the Yorkshire village of Gawthorpe gathered outside the Royal Oak pub for the annual World Coal Carrying Championship, held every Easter Monday since 1963.
Men have to carry a 50kg (110lbs) sack of coal while women carry 20kgs (44lbs) over a 1,030 metre (3,380ft) course.
The race started during a dispute between a coal merchant and another man at the local pub. Since then, it has became one of the most famous events of year in the area.
"I am a former professional boxer but this takes everything out of your body," said Colin Manners. "You have got get up that hill and it's absolutely murderous."
The current record is 4:06 for men and 5:05 for women.