)Quintessentially local race known for its pastoral views, friendly field and few modest inclines. London Santa Run, December 6Filling Up Fast... London Santa Run 10K (London, December 6)Join more than 1,000 Santas in Battersea Park for the third staging
postcode in south-west London. But this is also an event that draws people to the strawberries-and-cream-loving region in droves – a 10K race that offers fantastic organisation and a fast, PB-potential course – despite the big hill that takes many runners
during the challenge, and has run a number of ultras including the 46-mile Swiss Mountain event.Ray O’Connor (38) Race director of the Connemara Marathon in Galway, Ray has completed 47 marathons and has challenged himself to complete 100 by 2012. Phillip
