Spanish Santa Run in Madrid Sees 1000’s of Clauses Race for Charity

There is a race in Spain the place hundreds of individuals collect annually to run just a few miles dressed like Outdated Saint Nick — and 2023 was no totally different … but it surely was wild to see.

The eleventh annual Carrera de Papá Noel in Madrid went down Sunday, with upwards of seven,500 attendees getting set on the beginning line close to the Plaza de Colon … and have been off to the races when the gun went off. And sure, nearly everybody’s dressed like a freaking Santa Claus.

Whereas there have been principally crimson and white fits on the market, you will discover some selection in the event you look laborious sufficient … together with some elf costumes and even another random ones (dinosaur.)

Some walked, others jogged … and a handful sprinted. The entire thing’s for charity anyway — it advantages the Spanish Purple Cross — so there is not any actual competitors on the finish of the day.

Now, that is to not say there aren’t prizes for individuals who end first — as a result of there are. The primary three men and women get slightly one thing … and so do the primary 3 children beneath age 12. They go for about 3 miles, and the route takes ’em alongside Paseo de la Castellana.

The cash raised this yr, particularly, goes towards coaching up younger folks within the Purple Cross program … and to develop jobs for them as properly. By no means too early to start out giving again!