It wouldn’t be Christmas without everyone’s favourite little green vegetable which is warming up ahead of Sunday 18 December and The Great Sprout Scuttle. Participants run 5K or 10K on trails in their best and most creative fancy dress whilst supporting two Lincolnshire charities. 

Normanby Hall Country Park in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire is the venue for The Great Sprout Scuttle along with Rudolph’s Revenge and The Candy Cane Canter.  

The fun-filled festivities are organised by Curly’s Athletes with Jerry Green Dog Rescue and Lindsey Lodge Hospice the charity partners. Runners can expect an action-packed, lively day in the company of like-minded others (including dogs!) and receive a medal featuring all three events. 

It all begins with the Great Sprout Scuttle 5K and 10K. The 5K is open to canicross runners who speed away from the start at 10.50am followed by the rest of the field at 11am to complete one loop of the course. It could be bone dry underfoot or more than likely wet and muddy but the views are lovely whatever the weather. 

Next up is the Candy Cane Canter for families, friends or club mates: they run, jog, walk or wheel 3K and pick up candy canes at various locations along the way. They receive a Christmas memento in return.

At 5pm it’s the turn of Rudolph’s Revenge and a 10K trail run in the dark, through the woods and past the deer park with plenty of atmosphere. Head torches are a must for this one.           

Any runner looking to test themselves before Christmas can do the ‘Super Santa’ and enter all three events. It makes a change from the office ‘Secret Santa’...

There is still time to enter The Great Sprout Scuttle but places are being snapped up so don’t leave it too long. For more information about this and the other events and how to enter, visit the Curly’s Athletes website.

Image courtesy of Curly’s Athletes.