Welcome to The World of Lost Running Club
The design collective, Standard Practice, might seem an unusual fit as curators of a running club, but this is no ordinary race. True to Standard Practices’ values of community and collaboration Lost Running Club will be bring together artists, musicians, filmmakers, urban planners and story tellers to deliver an immersive and rewarding race day experience.
By Standard Practice
In May 2021, 300 people from across the globe will be coming together for perhaps the most unusual running race ever and you can be one of them.
In this race it’s not the winning that counts, it’s the taking art. Everyone who enters will be posted a unique race pack containing a hand foiled race number, a cherry wood flag, a wheel-thrown ceramic finishers medal, and a specially designed organic race top - along with race day treats and club memorabilia.
Image: Standard Practice
All runners will be invited to a series of workshops and talks, covering avant-garde cartography, weekly yoga, drawing exercises, and route planning sessions, to be held online between January 2021 and race day.
The race day itself? The race can take place wherever you are, and you can choose the distance that suits you; there’s a 3-mile category, a 13-mile category or a ‘race of the mind’. This race doesn’t celebrate winners and losers but looks to bring people together through mass participation and a shared belief in the future just around the corner.
All profits from this event will be donated to mental health charities which have recently been stretched supporting people through a particularly difficult 2020.
Image: Standard Practice
Image: Standard Practice
So exactly how is this the most unusual running race event ever?
You need to sign-up to find out.
Entry opens on 7th December 2020.
Race Day is 3rd May 2021.
“Every step forward, however small, is still moving forward.”
Lost Running Race is made possible by the support of NOMA as part of their ongoing commitment to pioneering projects in Manchester.
