Electric Run - part race, part street party - is coming to the city

You've probably heard of Hash House Harriers and their slogan, "A drinking club with a running problem." Recently, they have been joined in the world of simultaneous running and partying by another international group: ravers with a running problem.

Imagine thumping dance music, flickering strobe lights, laser beams, glow-in-the-dark sunglasses and thousands of neon-clad bodies, dancing, gyrating and shimmying through a five-kilometre fun run in the middle of the night.

By March or April next year you could be part of the street party that is Electric Run. CEO and founder Dan Hill says they're working on getting permits and finalising venues and event partners for the inaugural event in Hong Kong. There will likely be two events on consecutive nights, he says, with an estimated 40,000 participants.

"I'm confident we'll produce a show unlike anything [runners in Hong Kong] have seen," says Hill, who will be making his first trip to Hong Kong next month.

It's no mistake he calls it a show and not a race. Electric Run, says Hill, is a "world-class music and light show that also happens to be a running event".

"We really try to push the envelope in what a fun run could be," he says.