millipede landrowing

The annual Oxford Cambridge boat race attracts a global audience of 400 million, so it's popular enough to warrant a rival, land based version. Instead of boats the competing teams would man multi legged, articulated millipedes each capable of holding 51 rowers, - one for every set of two legs plus a sculler to shout directions and make encouraging noises. The legs of the millipedes would be controlled by the same rowing motion as the boats and would race across an undulating terrain at high speed. As the rowers would face backwards, just as in the water based version, the job of the sculler would be vital to ensure that the millipede did not careen out on control and topple over, as once on its back it would have great difficulty righting itself. Variations would be many - mud hill climbing, greyhound track events, sprints and city street marathons are all possible.