A fun, chip timed race in a Santa Suit. What more could you want.
11am start on a Saturday allows a chance to fit in a parkrun beforehand. Registration was quick and easy in Aberavon Leisure Centre.
The Santa suits aren't the most amazing quality but that has to be expected when you are only paying £10 for chip timed 5K which a goody bag at the end as well.
Weather conditions were awful but spirits were lifted seeing a couple of hundred Santa's running along the seafront.
The course is fast, flat and all on tarmac. You head out for around 800m before looping back towards the start finish and then heading back in the same direction for a long out and back before finishing.
Nice touch to put a small Christmas Pudding as part of the goody bag.
I've done this event in all 4 years it's been run and will be back again next year.