Hove Park Presents the First Ever Chicken Run!

“We needed more chicken outfits!”

Not something one often hears when evaluating their fun run event. Well, that is exactly what happened for James MacDonald, organizer of the first ever Brighton Chicken Run. Benefiting from the early Easter frivolity are a number of charities including the Martlets Hospice, Pass it on Africa and The Honeypot Children’s Charity.

Hove Park is used to early morning joggers, but on Sunday morning, the path was swarmed by over 160 chickens taking part in the 5km race. To be more specific — 140 people in chicken suits, over twenty without outfits (maybe they were too far down the pecking order?) and one gentleman dressed as an egg. Just in case you were wondering, he wasn’t sure whether he came first or second.

Claims that Mr. MacDonald once owned a farm also proved unsubstantiated, but let’s not tread on eggshells – where does someone get that many chicken outfits?

As we traversed the park we found another rooster in the hen house, Latest TV presenter and Juice FM DJ Guy Lloyd. Sportingly, Guy decided to run at the back of the pack and for good measure pretended to struggle the whole way round the course. Well done that man.

Before we move on I feel I should apologise for potentially unnecessary chicken related humour, but in my defence, it’s eggstremely difficult to stop once you’ve started.