For the race these days, contestants still have to wear an apron and headscart, and carry frying pan with a pancake in it, just like the housewife in 1445 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 maters. Of course, the Olney contestants compete against each other, but they also compete with a small town in the state of Kansas, in the U.S.A.! 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 holds the record, and last year, I decided to enter the Kansas race. I didn't win, but it was a lot of fun!