It was on these roads that the 5km was run.Īs I drove north to the race, I considered the possibility that I could win the whole thing. The main hub of the resort centres around the swimming pool by the entrance, but campgrounds and connecting roads snake out over the 190-acre property. It’s a sprawling complex amid rolling farmland just off the highway. The Wiggle Jiggle Giggle 5km was held at the Sunny Rest Resort in the Pocono Mountains of Eastern Pennsylvania, an hour’s drive from Philadelphia. This experience wasn’t going to be about reclaiming body confidence, but rather about racing hard while having a flapping good time. Despite looking like a slightly fitter Danny DeVito, I’ve always been quite comfortable in the buff. I’ve been to my share of nude beaches and saunas across Europe and Asia and I’m always the first up for drunken skinny-dipping at a party. Going nude in public? Most people can’t bear it (or indeed bare it), though I’ve never been one of them. It had always been in the back of my mind to try a “clothing optional” race, and when I found a flyer for one at my local running store, I decided the time had come. What could be next? What variable could I possibly add or subtract to create a completely new running experience? I pounded beers in the beer mile, engaged in a year-long runstreak and gave spectators a good laugh when I entered a triathlon without any swimming experience. I got swept up in the trend of obstacle-course racing. Have you ever wondered about your running bucket list? What kind of running experiences do you want out of life before you ascend to the great trail in the sky?īy the age of 33, I had tried every distance from the 5km to the 50km, at home and abroad, with race fields in the dozens to the tens of thousands.
Words by Scott Partenheimer – Illustration by Mark Frudd
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