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Cheat Race
The Cheat River near Albright, West Virginia, is home of the Cheat River Race, scheduled as part of CheatFest, and always the first weekend of May. The race is held the Friday afternoon before the Festival. The race has a mass start with 100+ participants lining up beneath an old railway bridge at a wide place in the river, and taking off at the sound of a fog horn blast. For the first five minutes, it is a mad scramble either to get out in front of the pack, or for some to hang back until the mob goes ahead. After the 10 mi. race will be a few kegs of cold beer waiting, and then dinner and awards in Albright after changing into dry clothes.
Here is a video highlighting the race. --Tommcewan 10:02, 21 April 2010 (PDT)
