- Title: Go Santa Go! - Hundreds of Santas race in Mexico City
- Date: 15th December 2019
- Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (DECEMBER 15, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS, RACERS DRESSED AS SANTA CLAUS TAKING PART IN "THE SANTA RUN" VARIOUS, RUNNERS ON CITY STREETS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SANTA RUN PARTICIPANT, MONTSE MERAZ, SAYING: "Because it's super original, it's the first in Mexico and I like to do new things, and I had already seen it in the United States, and I didn't want to miss out on the experience of running with lots of people that like to do new things." RUNNERS ON STREET WOMAN CHEERS ON RUNNERS VARIOUS, RACERS IN STREET (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SANTA RUN ORGANIZER, DANIELA, SAYING: "The main reason is to grow sports here in Mexico City, and also to make it fun. And since we Mexicans really like Christmas, it's a great reason to be able to celebrate it and run." SANTA RUN PARTICIPANT, MARCELINO MARQUEZ, RUNNING ALONGSIDE HIS WIFE, CRISTINA, AND PUSHING HIS DAUGHTER DANA IN DECORATED STROLLER VARIOUS, PARTICIPANTS AT END OF RACE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SANTA RUN PARTICIPANT, MARCELINO MARQUEZ, SAYING: "The race was incredible. The atmosphere, the families, the costumes, it's incredible." PARTICIPANTS AT END OF RACE VARIOUS, EMCEE ON STAGE DRESSED AS SANTA
- Embargoed: 29th December 2019 17:57
- Keywords: Christmas Mexico Papa Noel Santa Claus holiday race run runners
- Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
- City: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Human Interest / Brights / Odd News,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001BA36RLV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hundreds of Santas dashed through the streets of Mexico City on Sunday (December 15) to get some exercise ahead of the Christmas season's celebrations, parties and feasts.
Dressed in their red and white Santa Claus costumes, the racers set out from Mexico City's Olympic Village sports complex and ran along the capital's normally bustling streets.
Daniela, an organizer of the Santa Run, said that the main reason of Sunday's race was to increase sports participation in Mexico, "and also to make it fun."
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