The first Naked Mile was run by student athletes to celebrate the last day of winter term classes in April, and became an annual event, continuing until the early 2000s.
[3] The route ran between two campus landmarks, starting at The Rock and finishing at The Cube near the Michigan Union.
[2] The first run in 1986 consisted of twelve friends (ten men and two women) from the university's crew and track teams who ran naked through the campus during the last week of classes.
The run became an informal annual event, which in its early years was largely held to shock people.
However, running naked down the street is illegal in the jurisdiction, and in 2000 a decision was made to crackdown on the event, leading to arrests for indecent exposure.