‘Sex and the City’ fans honor ‘iconic’ star Kim Cattrall’s 69th birthday with quirky NYC events: ‘Perfect age to celebrate Samantha’

Scores of “Sex and the City” super fans are trading in their Manolo Blahniks for Nikes in Brooklyn every week to run and party in the honor of star Kim Cattrall’s 69th birthday.

“Oh, Honey: The Kim Cattrall 69K” involves a 6.9-kilometer jaunt two to three times a week — with no particular starting point or route but ending in a set local bar for a watch party featuring Cosmo-fueled cool-offs and iconic “Samantha” episodes from the ground-breaking HBO series.

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“Sixty-nine is such a perfect age to celebrate Samantha, and she’s aged well in every possible way,” said event organizer Kat Thek, 38, who previously gained Internet fame by posting fake filming notices for the “SATC” spinoff “And Just Like That” last year, to The Post.

Co-organizer Mary Dauterman, 37, said Cattrall, who famously portrayed the free-spirited and adventurous Samantha and turned 69 on Aug. 21, is a favorite among Big Apple women because “she fits in their world.

“But she also has a level to her that’s superhuman,” Dauterman said. “Not 100% of the time, but a lot of her views on sexuality and the world feel very modern – she’s saying things that still feel extremely relevant today.”

The duo’s quirky runs — which began in July and will stretch for 10 weeks — start with a 6.9-kilometer trek to Clinton Hill’s Fulton Grand bar. Once there, dozens of running-gear-clad fans wind down over a themed cocktail and “Sex and the City” episode, ranging in titles from “Politically Erect” to “Are We Sluts?”

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The event, orchestrated through the running app Strava, has even been adopted by lone fans around the US and world — from Tulsa, Okla., to New Haven, Conn., to Los Angeles and Amsterdam and a small city in Russia, organizers said.

“I’ve never been into sports, but it’s a community thing,” Thek said. “And it feels like a sports experience because everybody is watching the TV and hooting and hollering at it.”

She and Dauterman said there’s no requirement to actually run and that many participants have done partial-runs, walked or forewent the physical challenge altogether.

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To quote Samantha, Thek said, “I don’t want to be in a situation for even an hour where I’m not enjoying myself.”

The event series started off as a “kind of a joke” between the two Bed-Stuy residents, they said. But it quickly evolved into a fun way to meet other fans – often single women living in the area – who bond over Samantha’s no-nonsense attitude and one-off innuendos.

“It’s been a surprising way to bring people together,” Dauterman said. “It just makes it really easy to have a casual hang in a way that can be a little weird in this big city of ours. … It’s a great show to watch with people. Everyone has huge reactions.”

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Participant and Greenpoint, Brooklyn, resident Caroline Fay said at the bar, “My friend — who’s meeting me here — is a little bit younger, and when she moved here, I was like, ‘You have to watch “Sex and The City” if you’re going to live in Manhattan and be my friend.'”

Fay, 36, said she first watched the series in high school.

“Then I watched it in college, and my perception of it changed,” she said. “And now that I’m married, I watch it for different reasons. I mean, New York in the aughts feels really good to see.”

Maddie Wilson, 25, a data scientist, even met her friend Prisca Sielaff, 25, a law student, at the bar.

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“I’m running for the New York marathon, so this is good [training],” Wilson said, adding that Samantha is her favorite character because “she just does what she wants.” 

Allison Devereux, 37, a seven-time New York City marathon runner, said, “I’ve run several marathons, but I’ve never run anything quite this weird.

“I don’t think I would run for Carrie … only for Samantha,” she said. “Kim [Cattrall’s character] was always the most shocking one, but now I think she’s the most iconic, the best of the bunch.”

Thek and Dauterman said they consider the bonds forged at the run club to mirror to the quartet depicted in the series, with New York-based runners oftentimes sharing tidbits about their love lives over cocktails.

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“Now we are kind of up to date on their dating lives, so it’s also a little catch-up in that way,” Thek said. “We printed novelty condoms that have Kim Cattrall’s face on it, and one of our new gal pals was like, ‘Guess what? Last night, I used my Kim Cattrall condom.’

“It’s been a fun experiment of weirdos finding weirdos,” Thek said. “I do think the people that this appeals to are showing up.”

The duo already has their sights set on their next project, a Halloween-themed “66.6KKyle Maclachlan,” highlighting the actor’s supporting role in “SATC” episodes on Tuesday nights.

Thursday nights will feature an episode of “Twin Peaks,” another of his shows, Thek said.

“This has really combined three of our interests,” said participant Chelsey Blackmon, 37, “which are running, ‘Sex and the City’ and being at the bar.”