Get ready to chase some skirts

It's a little sexist. But it's also apparently a lotta fun.

Here's Raleigh's Skirt Chaser 5K in a nutshell: All the women who pay the $50 to $85 registration fee get a running skirt (only $35 to run if you don't want a skirt ... but doesn't that kinda ruin the moment, ladies?). Women take off first, most wearing their new garment; the guys are let loose three minutes later. Voila -- boys chasing girls wearing skirts, with the first-place finisher taking home $500.


The battle of the sexes -- scheduled for this Saturday, May 23 -- is followed by more flirting at a block party in Raleigh's Glenwood South area that includes free food, beer, live music and dating games.

By the way, the founder of this national racing series is a woman: Nicole DeBoom, who runs this company and is the creator of the fitness running skirt.

Want to run the Skirt Chaser 5K? Click here for more info. Want to say something about it? Fire away.