奔跑吧！圣诞老人

More than ten thousand Santa Clauses descended on Madrid on Dec 12 for a record-breaking Christmas run.

一万多人参加了12月12日在西班牙首都马德里举办的创纪录的“圣诞长跑活动。

Red suits and Santa hats stretched as far as the eye could see through the Spanish capital, for the fourth official event. The course is 5.5km.

今年是第四次官方“圣诞跑活动，穿着红衣服、戴着圣诞帽的“圣诞老人队伍让人一眼望不到边。路线全长为5.5公里。

The number of competitors more than doubled that of last year and the event shattered its previous world record for the most people dressed as Santa in one race.

今年参跑的人数是去年的两倍多，打破了该赛事此前创下的“人数最多的‘圣诞老人’长跑比赛世界纪录。

Organizers were delighted that some 60 per cent of competitors were women, as the event has traditionally attracted more men.

而且组织者惊喜的发现，今年参跑的人中，60%为女性。往年都是男性居多。

And more than 1,000 children also competed – with those under 12 running in the ‘Elf’ category and receiving a little green suit and hat.

本次比赛还有1000多名儿童参跑。12岁以下的儿童都打扮成精灵的样子，穿着绿色行头，带着绿色小帽子。