The weather forecast was barely 2 degrees, Sunday morning, in Nébian (Hérault), west of Montpellier. But this freezing cold did not prevent a hundred courageous people from setting off, in their underwear, on a 3.2 kilometer trail, through the streets of this village of 1,400 inhabitants. Because yes, it is indeed in little outfits that the participants of this funny running race were invited to jog on Sunday, reports France 3.
“We wanted to do a race as opposed to ultratrails, where you need a lot of equipment,” Adrien Igounet, the organizer of the “Slip Race” (Yes, yes, that’s the name of the race), explained to the channel. race). “We said to ourselves that we were going to set the mandatory minimum. We even thought about doing a race naked, but it was too complicated, in terms of authorizations. »
And when it comes to training to run in the cold, everyone had their own little tips. One of them confided that he showed up “shirtless” for three days on his terrace to get used to it.