John farra carries his 110 - pound wife , tess , over a 278 - yard obstacle course to win the north american wife carrying championship , saturday , oct . 7 , 2006 , at the sunday river ski resort , in newry , maine . john farra , a former winter olympian from caribou who trained by running up a ski slope with 80 pounds of mortar mix , won the seventh annual north american wife carrying championship on saturday at sunday river 第七届北美年度背老婆锦标赛于上周六在星期日河地区举行，来自加里本美国缅因州北部的前冬奥会冠军约翰法拉获得比赛冠军，他赛前的训练是背80磅重的混凝土包跑上一个滑雪坡。
