The world's stupidest foot race, The Meredith Gift will be held on the Sunday afternoon of this year's Festival. The winner will take home the coveted Golden Jocks, as well as a slab of cold beer, as well as one of several excellent prizes courtesy of the first ever sponsor of The Meredith Gift, Crumpler Bag Company.

In a departure from our Winner-Take-All ethos of previous years, there will be Special Encouragement Awards given out this year. We are not sure what they are yet, but maybe some awards such as "Best Running Outfit", or "Most Pubes", or "Smallest Penis". Dunno. We'll see.

View the footage of Meredith Gifts Past:

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Here are the rules of the Gsift:

• Anyone at the Festival can enter.
• This year ALL entrants must be nude or underpanted.
• No clean underwear can be worn.
• No worn underwear can be cleaned.
• Farting by competitors to increase their foot speed is permitted but not encouraged.
• Gaffer tape can be used to fix the underpants to the buttocks, to prevent riding. 'Wedgies' are always welcomed and often amusing.
• Any competitor wearing Lycra will be set on fire.
• Spectators must stand well behind the sidelines unless they want to trip someone over.
• Competitors may NOT drive their car instead of running.
• Past winners include The Two-Bearded Man, Trevor and three time Champ Richo The Plumber.