WINNER “Pretty in pink” by Chris Brobin

Well done Chris on winning the competition. We all loved your story and it certainly made us laugh. We will keep you all posted.

See his story below:

“I was disappointed at my missed opportunity to enter ‘Hell Up North’ and agreed to enter as Susan. My friend’s wife was injured and couldn’t run. We rejoiced, not at poor Susan’s misfortune, but at the fact that I could now brave the 12 miles of challenging terrain with my mates. On the day of the race my friend John handed me his wife’s entry pack. I was shocked to find the race numbers had been colour coded to show the entrant’s gender and mine was no less than florescent pink! John advised me to rip off the number before passing the finishing line. True to it’s name the race was hellish and really tough. Whilst pouring my last amount of energy into chasing a contestant down before the finish line, I completely forgot to rip off my pink race number! The announcer declared that the first female was on the home straight. I crossed the line to a soundtrack of boisterous applause from spectators and heard the tannoy boom “hang on, that’s no woman”. Not only had I stolen the limelight from the real first female, I had a face-to-face telling off from the organisers.”