{"id":25286,"date":"2014-12-02T14:44:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T14:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=25286"},"modified":"2015-10-12T11:55:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T11:55:50","slug":"fastest-man-in-the-northpole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/active\/fastest-man-in-the-northpole","title":{"rendered":"Fastest man in the northpole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So this is Christmas. Mistletoe, Christmas trees, Santa sprinting\u2026Yes that\u2019s right Santa sprinting.<\/p>\n<p>In the first of the 3 Grand Prix held by Cardiff Metropolitan University, The Christmas Classic, open to all U20 and senior athletes around the UK and Europe, showcases some of the best non-elite athletic talent in South Wales whilst raising money for a Cardiff based charity fund.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Welsh sprinter Christian Malcolm told us, \u201cIt\u2019s a brilliant day out. I often would take time off a busy week of training just so I could experience the atmosphere and fun they have down there\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But the showcase of Welsh athletics isn\u2019t even the best part. At the end of the day there is a sponsored santa run where all the proceeds go to Go Felix.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Elias head of sprinting explained, \u201cIt\u2019s a great cause. Seeing people try and run flat out in A Santa Claus suit is pure comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here is the world record set in 2012<\/p>\n<p>[youtube]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6gt8s8bESEs[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-25293\" alt=\"_gra0944_435x268\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gra0944_435x268.jpg\" width=\"435\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff Athletics Grand Prix attracts the the unlikeliest of sprinter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fastest man in the northpole - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/active\/fastest-man-in-the-northpole\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fastest man in the northpole - 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