The Santa Dash is a firm favourite amongst our regular runners. Dress up as a Christmas pudding, stick a turkey hat on or just come along in your running kit and hope not to be called Scrooge!
The Santa Dash 2024 is on Sunday 22nd December 2024 and takes place around the trails of Cammo Nature Reserve in NW Edinburgh. You will run along riverside paths, through fields and around historic buildings. We would suggest either trail shoes or your grippiest trainers depending on the weather in the days leading up to the event as it may either get muddy in places or be frosty!
There are some narrow paths, some steps and wee wooden bridges to navigate and therefore this route is not suitable for wheeled options of buggies or frame runners. Our apologies for this as we'd love to offer a route 'for all'.
There are 2 distance options to choose from: you can either dash around the 5K or the 10K.
Kids over 11 can take part in the 5K and we also offer an Elf dash (approx 1km) for the wee people in your lives.
A minimum donation of £1 will go to Young Lives vs Cancer (formally known as CLIC Sargent) plus the event is a collection point for the Edinburgh Food Project so bring along some extra nibbles on the day.
o Fancy dress is encouraged but not mandatory!
o Hot chocolate and cookie station at the finish area
o Medals for all finishers
o Approx 250 participants
11am ELF DASH starts
11.30am SANTA DASH starts
WEATHER UPDATE 21/12/24
You may have seen the forecast of strong winds over the weekend with a yellow weather warning for Edinburgh and I wanted to update you on our plan for the Santa and Elf Dashes.
Our team will carry out a route check on both Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning to assess for any fallen branches, any risk of falling branches and a general risk assessment. Should we have to cancel the event, we will contact you by email on either Saturday evening (if we come across any major obstacles at this point) or, at latest, by 9am on Sunday morning so please check your emails and/or our social media posts before you travel. UPDATE SAT 21ST DEC AT 6PM- We’ve been round the route this afternoon putting arrows up and at this point we are confident the Santa and Elf Dashes will go ahead tomorrow morning without any concerns for runners safety.
ONLINE ENTRIES FOR THE SANTA DASH ARE NOW FULL - however we will be offering entries on the day so come along to our gazebo, near the Leaf and Bean coffee van by 11am to sign up on the day!
Elf dash - ENTER HERE