Pancake Day special: Have you heard of the Pancake Race?

Part of Shrove Tuesday celebrations, Pancake Day, is a day in February or March preceding Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent), which is celebrated in some countries by consuming pancakes. In the UK, the day is also celebrated by organising Pancake Races such as this one in the town of Olney, in Buckinghamshire, England. (Source: AP)

Every year women clad in aprons and head scarves from Olney and the city of Liberal, in Kansas, US, run their respective legs of the race with a pancake in their pan. (Source: AP)

According to legend, the Olney race started in 1445 when a harried housewife arrived at church on Shrove Tuesday still clutching her frying pan with a pancake in it. (Source: AP)

Liberal challenged Olney to a friendly international competition in 1950 after seeing photos of the race in a magazine. (Source: AP)

First place finisher Lianne Fisher tosses a pancake after winning and setting a new course record time of 55.02 seconds in the annual Shrove Tuesday trans-Atlantic pancake race in Olney. (Source: AP)

Norwich South MP Clive Lewis takes part the annual Rehab Parliamentary Pancake Race, in which MPs, Lords and members of the media race each other on Pancake Day (February 9 this year) to raise money for the charity Rehab, in Victoria Tower Gardens, London. (Source: AP)

Participants take part in the annual Great Spitalfields Pancake Race in aid of London's Air Ambulance in London. (Source: Reuters)

Pancake races are held across the UK. (Source: Reuters)

At the annual Great Spitalfields Pancake Race, participants dress up in costumes while holding a pan and running as they toss the pancake. (Source: Reuters)

A woman wearing a cat costume tosses a pancake in preparation of the pancake race. (Source: Reuters)

Evie Lloyd, 7 years old, takes part in the annual Great Spitalfields Pancake Race in aid of London's Air Ambulance. (Source: Reuters)