With my family being from Liverpool it was fun to sign up and to have a weekend in the Pool gossiping, eating and drinking Cava as well as entering the 5km race together.
What makes this one unique to other Santa races is that you can opt to either run in a red or blue suit dependent on whether you are a Liverpool or Everton supporter. As tempting as it was to go for a blue suit in the interest of looking a little different I knew my Dad would not have been impressed so I stuck to my team colours and suited up in red.
The race was the 10th time it was held in Liverpool and the organisers were going for the record of the most Santas in one race. The goal was to have 10k runners. Lining up at the start the atmosphere was fantastic and it was brilliant to be down at the historic Albert Dock....it certainly felt like there was 10k of us as the sea of red (and partly blue) was neverending! Apparently the only other Santa race to rival Liverpool is Las Vegas. The Vegas one is next Saturday when the title will be decided on who had the most....fingers crossed Liverpool takes the crown!
My family and I ran the race together which was great. We took it easy as it was a fun run after all but I couldn't resist joking with them a few hundred meters in that I had a stitch. Shocked that I would feel like that in a run like this they foolishly believed me for a few seconds before I admitted to my lie. It was also super fun finishing to the sounds of a drum band and running through the festive finish arch with fake snow coming down around us! Post race we loaded up on the northern favourites of bacon and sausage butties....plus some cuddles from my very festive looking niece (pics below!)
I am going to make this an annual race and trip from now on....
Lovely lovely day!
Some pics below (spot the Queen in the crowd!):
