The Maldon Mud Race will take place across a 440m (1,443ft) stretch of the River Chelmer at low tide on Sunday. Organiser Brian Farrington said one woman previously remarked the gruelling ...

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A first-time competitor has won the Maldon Mud Race in Essex, as hundreds of people slogged it out across a muddy riverbed One participant says "it was harder than childbirth", mud race chairman ...

But thousands turned up in Maldon to watch and cheer on the mud racers as they slogged through the 440m (1,443ft) stretch of the River Chelmer at low tide. Everyone was having a great time ...