Santa Run 2009
I did the 2009 Santa Run last night and it was great! The Santa run is a 3km fun run where all the participants dress in Santa suits. It was for charity so it was fun and also for a good cause.
Conditions were beautiful:
My wife and daughter came along to cheer me on which was very nice. My little girl loves seeing Santa from about 10 metres away. As soon as a santa gets close she gets scared so it was a bit traumatic to have Dad dressed up as Santa! 
The run itself was fun and can be summed up in one word: “HOT!” It is summer here in the Southern Hemisphere.
All in all there were about 800 or so Santas so it was a very red event.
I even managed to get my photo into the local paper which resulted in a bit of notoriety at work! That’s me number 691!
It was a fantastic event and I was very happy that I did it. The atmosphere was wonderful as everyone was happy and the weather was great. We took heaps of photos which you can see here if you like.
Comments
8 Responses to “Santa Run 2009”
Daily Mile
-
RoadID
Yes, scary daddy as father Christmas!! I went to the bathroom for a few minutes and came back to see the little girl in tears, all scared!!
Oh well… soon enough she will get over it!
Twitter: dtsnake
I read “good cause” as “good clause” at first. Now that would’ve been funny! Sounds like a great event!
Twitter: runningbecause
No wonder you got publicity! 691 is a lucky combo
Looks like loads of fun! it’s odd, though, seeing so many fit Santas.
Twitter: tippytoediet
Skinny Santa! Hey, maybe you’ll set a new style! Looks like fun!
Mad!
.-= Aaron´s last blog ..The Local =-.
Wow… An entire race of Santas? I would’ve loved to have seen that. Our kids would’ve loved it even more!
.-= fit36.com´s last blog ..Does Beer Prevent Cancer? =-.
800 santa’s would scare the heck out of me, too!
.-= Jeff´s last blog ..It Was The Best of Times, It Was The Worst of Times =-.