Hundreds of Santas prepped for their big night with a 5K dash on the Milwaukee lakefront Saturday morning, in a race to benefit Playworks Milwaukee.
Brian Udovich pulled away from the lead Santa at the start and cruised to victory in a time of 17:26. Photo by Tom Held
In its second year, the Milwaukee Santa’s 5K drew 697 runners and walkers. All Community Events, based in Chicago, sponsored the race based in McKinley Park. While Udovich won the men’s race, Angie Krueger, topped the women’s field and finished fourth overall, in a time of 19:46. The full results can be found here.
This Santa showed the speed necessary to cover the world, finishing in the top five overall. Photo by Tom Held
Playworks Milwaukee is part of a national organization that organizes safe, healthy and inclusive activities for children. More than 5,000 children participate each day at a dozen area schools.
Santa checks out the kids race before tackling the 5K in full regalia. Photo by Tom Held.
Once those Santa suits have been cleaned, they can be put to use as running gear once again in the Santa Hustle 5K, another holiday-themed run on the lakefront. The inaugural race is slated for Dec. 22, at 9 a.m., at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Check out details here.
Looks like this Santa left behind his bag of toys. Photo by Tom Held
