It’s Movember – the only month of the year where it’s not only acceptable but positively right-on to grow a handlebar moustache. If you do forsake the razor this month, make sure you raise some much-needed cash for some of the best bloke causes out there. Since its inception in 2003, the Movember Foundation has raised in excess of £400million for programmes focusing on prostate cancer, testicular cancer, poor mental health and physical inactivity.
It couldn’t be easier for runners to get involved. Mo Running is holding a variety of events up and down the UK, ranging in length from 5K to 10 miles. From Milton Keynes to Manchester, Liverpool to London, people will be taking part in these Mo Running spectaculars.
Running and moustaches have been a winning combination for some time. From Steve Prefontaine to Dave Bedford, the history books are full of moustachioed runners – and it’s only right that you should join the ranks.
Men’s Running has been putting its money where it’s mo is, taking part in the first of the Mo Running events in Swinley Forest. Managing editor Rick Pearson may be unable to grow a convincing moustache of his own but he was able to finish in fifth place. “I was a little sceptical about Mo Running,” he said. “But the course completely won me over. It was hilly, boggy and surprisingly brutal – a real runners’ course. I even have a cut on my knee to prove it.
“It was the kind of event to put hairs on your chest. It’s just a shame I still can’t grow any on my top lip.”
Mo bros: Rick (left) and pal Nick Beavitt celebrate finishing the Mo Run
