Christmas Day for runners - December 14th

**NOW HO HO HOPEN FOR ENTRY!**

Date: ​14th December 2025

Venue: Normanby Hall Country Park & Gardens

Events:

• The Great Sprout Scuttle 5k & 10k trail running adventures! - £20.50 to £23.50
• The 'PYJAMA EXPRESS' family fun 3k event - £10.00 
• SANTA'S SUPER SLEIGH CHALLENGE! We've space for six teams for some fundraising and a very unique NEW challenge!  (see below for how to enter!)

Another excuse to put off the shopping and get walking, jogging or running (it's more fun!) 

This year Curly's are once again partnering with our charity friends at Lindsey Lodge!

Sponsored for 2025 by the wonderful OMNI-PAC Group! 

Lindsey Lodge Hospice is a lifeline for our community, providing expert, compassionate end-of-life care and support for families across Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire. We’re committed to helping sustain the services that bring dignity, comfort, and hope when they’re needed most - OMNI-PAC Team.

Fancy helping Lindsey Lodge even more? find out more about fundraising - click here

For our 2025 Big Christmas event, this year we're not having our night time Rudolphs Revenge :( ... we know you loved it (as did we!) but we have now confirmed our Run for Wildlife Night 5k just a few weeks later and our team can only do so much on the day as we wanted to do the Santas Super Sleigh Challenge ... so needed to make some room and support our Lindsey Lodge chums with some awesome fundraising opportunities. So if you 'Rudolphed last year, please make sure you join us for our daytime sprout and keep an eye out on Curlys Athletes Chat Facebook group for some free night  time team festive running opportunities ! 

Timings: 

• 09:30 The Great Sprout Scuttle 5k - anyone with a puppy for the 5k we set you off around 10 mins before (09:20). 
• 10:30 The Great Sprout Scuttle 10k 
• 12:30-45 Santa's super sleigh challenge 
• 13:30 - 14:10 The Pyjama Express 3k family fun event (waves every 10 minutes)

Join us for a 5k and 10k off road trail event with a Super Sprouty Christmas theme, our 3k Pyjama Express or watch or join in our Santas Super Sleigh Challenge! 

All our Christmas events have been hugely popular and great fun for us, so we're really please to be bringing a big collection of Christmas events to the wonderful Normanby Hall Country Park.

It's a perfect day out for the family and running clubs... we've got space for your club tent and great facilities to keep you amused for the day, either running or cheering on your club mates! 

The Great Sprout Scuttle 5k & 10k:

A trail run in fantastic surroundings on a lovely course, (based on Decembers weather expect to be seeing a few muddy spots ... but it's a lovely off road trail run and normally great running conditions (and you get to see the deer). 

We're have a 5k & 10k option on the day :)... The 5k is the DOG friendly event!

EVERYDAY WERE BRUSSELING!

The Pyjama Express 3k:

Curly’s and Lindsey Lodge Hospice have partnered up once more to bring back our great value and festive family fun run, The Pyjama Express!

The Pyjama Express is pulling into Scunthorpe and it's YOUR ticket to a Christmassy adventure!

Dash through a 3km route in your comfiest PJs and conquer FIVE festive fun-zones!

Your mission:

Snag a golden ticket (it's your key to Christmas cheer!)

Gobble down a delicious candy cane

Score a tasty cookie (because running = hungry!)

Grab your hot choc coupon

Get your ticket stamped - proof of your Christmas spirit!

Board Normanby Halls' version of The PJ Express! Capture the magic and board the land train at the station for a photo op and take home a commemorative Curly’s event medal for bragging rights!

The event is a non-stop afternoon of excitement, as we set off in waves of 200 to allow you lots of space to complete your run. This run is untimed, giving you the freedom to enjoy the course with your family, on your own or with friends. 

Please ensure children under 9 are accompanied by an adult. Don’t forget everyone joining in requires an entry ticket – it’s your passport to fun and supports our charity chums! 

The Pyjama Express: Your new Christmas tradition.

Santa's Super Sleigh Challenge:

Santa need a hand this year, so we're hosting the first ever official recruitment for Santa's Special Reserve Rapid Response Team ... 

We're looking for teams of five, thats one Santa, four elite reindeer supporters and one sleigh (a special wheeled sleigh ... we believe you none North Pole folk refer to it as a wheelbarrow) 

You'll take on a around a 2km course ensuring Santa collects their present and gets them back safely ! 

... we're challenging each team to fundraise £300 for Lindsey Lodge and we are only accepting 6 teams into this challenge! 

It s a perfect challenge for company teams or committed friends! ... you will be our highlight and you will entertain the Christmas crowds (you will entertain!) 

Each team will be introduced via their selected Christmas song before heading off ... and only one victor will be then dispatched instantly to their North Pole posting! 

What you need? 

1 x Santa 

4 x Reindeer

1 x Wheelbarrow ... sorry 'wheeled sleigh' 

A commitment to fundraising 

and above all ... a commitment to Christmas decorating your sleigh and you! 

To join one of the select team please email the amazing Emma from the Lindsey Lodge team 

e.hartley2@nhs.net

.... HO HO HO runners! 

Lindsey Lodge Hospice provides care for adults with life limiting illnesses and aims to provide specialist palliative care for day and inpatients to the highest standard, consisting of symptom management, emotional support and end of life care.

Providing a wide range of services including symptom management, physiotherapy and a lymphoedema service, as well as complimentary therapy, nursing and practical care, emergency care, end of life care along with bereavement and family support services.