More than ten thousand Santa Clauses descended on Madrid on Dec 12 for a record-breaking Christmas run.
一萬多人參加了12月12日在西班牙首都馬德里舉辦的創紀錄的“圣誕長跑”活動。

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“圣誕跑”活動，穿著紅衣服、戴著圣誕帽的“圣誕老人”隊伍讓人一眼望不到邊。路線全長為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.
今年參跑的人數是去年的兩倍多，打破了該賽事此前創下的“人數最多的‘圣誕老人’長跑比賽”世界紀錄。

Organizers were delighted that some 60 per cent of competitors were women, as the event has traditionally attracted more men.
而且組織者驚喜的發現，今年參跑的人中，60%為女性。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.
本次比賽還有1000多名兒童參跑。12歲以下的兒童都打扮成精靈的樣子，穿著綠色行頭，帶著綠色小帽子。

編譯：杜娟