Nope, they had just over 3,000 Santas participate in the 5km Great Vegas Run, but that wasn't enough to break the record. This mantle remains with the Liverpool (UK) Santa Dash, which succeeded in smashing its 2005 World Record of 3,921 runners with a total of 4,975 this year. In addition to Las Vegas, other locations around the world we know of that staged Santa runs this year included Philadelphia and New Zealand. Powys (Wales), a five-year veteran of the event and previous record holder, had to cancel this year, but plans to be back in 2007.
For more information about all these events, visit www.santa-dash.com/.
Oh, and in case you wanted to know marathon results too, Joseph Kahugu finished first overall, with a time of 2:16:19. The fastest lady finisher was Jemima Jelagat, with 2:35:12.
Las Vegas photographs appear courtesy of Opportunity Village; Liverpool photographs appear courtesy of Kevin Keegan, host of www.santa-dash.com.
