Photos: Beefcake and Babes Strip Down for the Santa Speedo Dash

Ladies and gents alike flashed a little flesh on Saturday at the annual Santa Speedo Dash, a Highlands Square holiday tradition that involves skivvies-and-Santa-hat-clad lunatics running down the street in the dead of December. But it's all for a good cause -- raising money for Life is Better Rescue, a...

By Westword Staff

December 8, 2014

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Ladies and gents alike flashed a little flesh on Saturday at the annual Santa Speedo Dash, a Highlands Square holiday tradition that involves skivvies-and-Santa-hat-clad lunatics running down the street in the dead of December. But it's all for a good cause -- raising money for Life is Better Rescue, a local foster-based animal rescue -- and the weather wasn't bad, either. Keep reading to see pics from the event, captured by photographer Scott Lenz.

Keep reading for another peep at the Santa Speedo Dash.

Now see the full Santa Speedo Dash slide show.

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