Santa Speedo Run: Near-Naked Runners Freeze For Diabetes

Chicagoans love to show off their ability to deal with super cold weather. There's the Polar Plunge and the Santa Speedo Run--which is happening this weekend.

The Santa Speedo Run is a one mile trek down Rush Street. Instead of running pants and jackets, however, participants wear as little as possible. Temperatures are expected to be in the high 20s Saturday morning.

"Speedos and swimsuits encouraged," according to the group's Facebook page. They will tolerate sweatshirts and parkas--but insist that all running gear is festive. Santa hats, striped bikinis and red speedos were popular at last year's event--which raised $5,500 for the Chicago Diabetes Project.

What: Santa Speedo Run

Where: Starts at Shenanigans, 16 W. Division St.

When: 11 a.m. Saturday, December 4

Cost: $40 covers the race, a three-hour open bar with snacks, a Flip Cup tournament, costume contest and "North Pole" dancing.

Comments

[Alfredo Zapata]

12:58 PM on 12/06/2010

It's all in good fun and for a worthy charity. All the negative comments about the participants bodies are just plain juvenile.

[Howard53545]

05:30 AM on 12/06/2010

All this flab!!! Just give the money.

[ernesto not available]

10:39 PM on 12/05/2010

who cares pinches locos.

[sloreader]

05:28 PM on 12/05/2010

Last one into Lake Michigan has elfin cojones.

[Yellow Parrott]

01:09 PM on 12/05/2010

Yuck!!

[HankyJoe]

09:58 AM on 12/05/2010

This just proves that most people look better clothed.

[Jdaddy1951]

01:40 AM on 12/05/2010

I don't care who y'are, that's gay ...

[provgrays1]

10:51 AM on 12/04/2010

Grape smuggling should be outlawed.

[johnnygoodwud]

09:47 AM on 12/04/2010

is that open bar before of after the race

[Bubba10]

07:34 PM on 12/03/2010

In the words of George Costanza, when a door was opened while changing " I was in the pool, I was in the pool, it was cold...".