When someone at work emailed me about Santas on the Run, it didn’t take me long to sign up. I mean, for only a tenner you get to run around Bristol city centre in a Santa costume with a bunch of other nutcases without actually being arrested. And you get to keep the Santa suit afterwards! Bargain!
Unfortunately, this decision ended up dinging my self-confidence. This evening I arrived home from work to find a parcel on the doorstep — it was the race pack from Santas on the Run. In it was their “adult” Santa Suit (no, nothing filthy, it’s just that the only size choices were “adult” and “child”.) And that’s where my problems started.
Because it turns out that running Santa Suits, like most other running clothing, are sized for fit, slim people.
I can’t even get the trousers all the way up my legs. There’s no way I can run in the thing. SAD FACE.
So, yeah, it’s official: I’m lardier than Santa. This made me really rather unhappy. It’s a bit of a bruise to your ego when a charity implies that you’re fatter than the world’s most famous jolly fat bloke. I could have cried. Well, okay, maybe not. But I could have sat down and eaten ice cream all evening with a forlorn look on my face.
Instead I went out and did some more walk/run training. Which I think is working, as I did 6K in 45 minutes, so around 7:30mins/kilometre, which is better than I usually do when I’m running all the way. (And as a bonus I hit the iTunes Genius and for once it generated me a fantastic running playlist, which I’ve now saved.) And I came back feeling a lot happier.
Anyway. When I get over the crushing disappointment of Santa Suitgate, maybe I’ll think of a way to still take part in this race. Although hiring a Santa suit that’s actually Santa sized might be going a bit too far for a 2K run…
That is a very sad face. ;_; But it’s not that you don’t fit it, it doesn’t fit you.
I’m not sure your traditional UK Santa can be described as “fit” or “slim” — he looks like he does indeed spend his life eating dessert and sitting down while being pulled by a team of reindeer. How about red leggings and a red t‑shirt with a white trim? Shouldn’t be too expensive to buy/hard to put together… and I’m sure there are many other people struggling with the suit if there’s only one adult and one child size! A bit cheeky of them not to offer any more than that (although that might have made it more expensive and hence got less people).
Oh, and congratulations on not going the ice cream route. It’s as much if not more about the mind than it is the body.
*hugs*