these days , contestants still have to wear an apron and a headscarf , and carry frying pan with a pancake in it , just like the housewife in 1445 ! It 's difficult enough to run with a frying pan , but contestants must also flip their pancakes at the beginning and the end of the race ! The race starts at 11:55 a.m. , and the contestants run about 380 meters . Of course , the OIne contestants compete against each other , but they also compete with a small town in the state of Kansas , in the USA ! They adopted the Pancake Race custom from Olney , and now every year the two towns compete for the fastest time in the race . A Kansas woman hold record , and last ear , I decided to enter the Kansas . I did n't win but it was a lot of fun