Its best to get to the event early. Don't participate in the first race - its best to watch, see how hairy the race is than ask yourself if this event is for you. Ask around and get tips and advice from those who have run in previous years. Thanks you guys!

Ask the St. Johns Ambulance crew about the type of injuries they normally get in this event. Can you risk it?

Talk to the security guy at the top of the hill and let him know you want to enter the race. From there go through the gate and meet the Master of Ceremonies (pictured on the left). At this point I started to hear that little voice in the back of my head saying "Oh boy, you've really done it now... ". Gulp.

You have a few minutes to chill, meet your fellow runners and have a friendly chat. As you sit on the bank overlooking the course you are amazed at how steep the friggen hill is. I then realise that its best not to think about 'how' I'm going to get down - my strategy is 'survival'. I tell myself I'm not out to win the race and that I don't like cheese all that much anyway! (Photo: Stuart Anderson before the injury)

The master of Ceremonies explains the rules to the runners and the start procedure. Basically its, "ONE to be ready,TWO to be steady, THREE to prepare (at which time the cheese is launched), FOUR to be off (then the runners are to leap forward chasing the cheese down the hill)." First one to the bottom wins the cheese!

The guest is welcomed and gets ready for the launch. Your heart begins racing like crazy now... the Master of Ceremonies starts... "ONE to be ready, TWO to be steady, THREE to prepare (off goes the cheese! Its Jesus its flying!), FOUR TO BE OFF!!... YOU ARE AWAY! AHHHH!!!!!

AAHHHHHH!!! Things go well for the first few steps, you are running really fast then...

AAHHHH!!!! I slip, AAHHHH!!! The horizon goes grass, sky, grass, sky... I try to keep low and slide rather than a' head over heals' tumble and I get away with it - HA! I pick myself up and realise I just fell about 100 yards - HA! I head for the finish line with the new lean back running style my friends taught me and I'm over the line! HA

A guy who looks like a rugby player catches me as I cross the line and stops me from slamming into the cottage at the bottom of the hill. I now have a huge grin on my face and I thank him for his assistance.

Hmmmm... I then realise I'm not out of the woods just yet. Some of my fellow runners are tanking it down the hill and I'm standing in there path. Hmmmm... they have some momentum there...

Hmmmm... I then have a look at some of the other guys and I realise how lucky I was.

Yikes... it looks broken...hmmm... it is broken... but the Stuart Anderson is in good spirits and in good hands. St Johns Ambulance are tops!.

Read our interview with Stuart - click here...

I then have a chat with some of the other runners (who are also grinning from ear to ear) and discuss just how mental that experience was. I get my photo taken with a newly acquired mud stain on my bum (which resembles some sort of a pooh related accident). Pub time!