Mosman woman now wearing activewear full-time, in case she needs to run from a lion

HEAR ME ROAR: Mosman council says it’s encouraging local residents to wear active wear at all times.

“Recent research found wearing activewear can increase running speeds by up to 1.3 seconds over 100 metres,” says the council.

It comes a day after five lions escaped their enclosure at Mosman’s Taronga Zoo.

“I need to be quick off the mark and as aerodynamic as possible to give me the best chance of running to safety,” says local woman Eve White.

Ms White says it could be a while before she’ll consider returning to wearing normal clothes.

“I’m not taking any chances,” the mother of two told DBT while grabbing her morning coffee today from a Mosman cafe.

“I haven’t completely ruled out relocating my family permanently to our holiday house at Palm Beach.”