Exercise isn't most people's idea of a top night out - how often do you go partying dressed in your sports gear, dripping with sweat, red as a lobster? But the latest craze for social sporting events - fun runs, yoga summits, etc, billed as "parties first, exercise second" - is trying to convince us otherwise … and doing a pretty good job.
No Lights, No Lycra is a sober dance party held fortnightly at XXX Gallery, in Sai Wan, where participants can work out without having to worry what they, or anyone else, look like (the event is held in darkness).
Run for Your Lives - which takes place next month in Kowloon - is a computer game-style obstacle course along which "zombies" are pitted against "survivors", in what's billed as "the world's most thrilling run".
Hot on the heels of the zombies comes the Electric Run, which promises to tran-sport participants to an illuminated running wonderland. The event is the brainchild of Dan Hill, an American pioneer of unconventional exercise who, with two friends, founded an overnight relay running race while in college. In 2012, Hill blazed his own trail with the Electric Run, aimed at the Go-Pro generation, who care more about posting pictures of and checking-in to an event on Facebook than they do about crossing a finish line.
The experience (it is not timed and is not a race) begins when the sun goes down. The course winds through themed lands that are separated by light and sound. If Sweet Tooth Acres doesn't tickle your fancy, head on to the Electro Rainforest or Rainbow Road.
Invite your friends (all ages are welcome) and start searching your wardrobe for your brightest, shiniest, most sparkling attire - the dress code is glow, blink and dazzle.
