Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Naked XC racing


20 years ago today.  I closed out the month (06/29/2000) with a trip to Greensboro NC to take part in the “Take pride in your hide” 5k race.  Seems like a long way to go for a 5k cross country race but this one had bonus points in the Hockomock Swamp Rat series since it was a clothing optional race.  This was the first HSR series and I was determined to win it (later in the year I’d do 2 marathons in six days for more bonus points).  The race was managed by Gary Butts, what a perfect name for this race!  It was hot and humid and not wearing clothes didn’t help with that.  I took the win in 15:45 setting a course record (and later being dubbed by Runner’s World as the “fastest nude XC runner in the USA”).







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