This was my first year participating in the Santa Run and I have to say I had a blast. My girlfriend, her 7 year old nephew, and I mostly walked the 5k. The 5k wound is all
around downtown past the new container park and the federal courthouse. The course was well marked with event workers standing at the intersections and corners. There were 2 water station one about half way and one at the end, which was nice.
The parking map on the website was useless because you weren't able to zoom in to read the street names. That my only real complaint about the whole event. We were able to find parking in the Binions/California lot.
I had a great time and you will too if you decide to go next year.