Right at sunrise on Saturday with temperature in the 40s, 224 participants finished the 2ndannual Undy 5000 in Washington, DC. The 5K event is part of a 13-city series that encourages participants to run in their underwear to draw attention to their bottoms – and colon cancer.
In keeping with the theme of the race to raise awareness, the Colon Cancer Alliance (race organizers) gave participants pairs of shorts to don instead of the traditional race t-shirt. Many did not put the blue race shorts over their spandex, though, because they already wore their own underwear on top of their running tights. It was a colorful sight with styles ranging from tropical print boxers to neon pink thongs.