For those who get tired of the tradition kind of 5k where you have to wear running shorts for about 3.1 miles, and feel faily unattracive about it, here might be the perfect race for you. Just got this press release:
One company, SkirtSports (www.skirtsport.com ), and two Ironman Champions, Nicole & Tim DeBoom (2X back to back Ironman Champion), are changing fitness up across the country, just by promoting skirtChasing…yes skirtchasing.
Training for Ironman, Nicole Deboom past a window and thought to herself “why do I have to wear baggy, masculine clothes to be taken seriously as an athlete?”…she went home from her run, scribbled out ‘pretty’ and soon enough she was winning Ironman in her fist every prototype hot-red running skirt. Months later she would launch SkirtSports, a women’s fitness apparel company and be forever knows as the woman who first introduced us to the running skirt design…
Looking for more, this year, SkirtSports launched their national SkirtChaser 5k Race Series…set to make its second stop in Raleigh on April 26th , the event kicks off with an all women’s start (women in skirts), followed by a men’s “skirtchaser” start (led by Tim DeBoom) and concludes with a post race block party, fashion show, dating games, and a $500 prize to the first skirt or skirtchaser to cross the line…A great date night or meet your future mate, the event creates a fun and casual fitness environment, encouraging all top athletes and average Joes to come out and be active. Not to mention, donations will be accepted for local charity, Be Active Kids (www.beactive.org), a local non-profit that works towards education about childhood obesity and healthy eating for preschoolers.
SkirtChaser 5k:
When: Saturday, April 26th, 5PM
Where: Hiberian Pub, Cary
How much: $30-60
Registration: www.skirtchaser5k.com/Raleigh
