ALBANY – Runners dressed in speedos, costumes, and other attire ran up and down Lark Street to take part in the 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint on Saturday, Dec. 9. Music was provided on the street by Sax-O-Claus and runners helped raise money for the Albany Damien Center and the HIV/AIDS program at Albany Medical Center.
Photos by Amy Modesti / The Spot 518
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Runners taking part in the Lark Street 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held in Albany, NY, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
A runner being interviewed by both NEWS10ABC and WNYT13 on Lark Street at the end of the 18th Annual Santa Speedo race Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Runners and event goers taking part in the Lark Street 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held in Albany, NY, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Runners and event goers taking part in the Lark Street 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held in Albany, NY, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Runners and event goers taking part in the Lark Street 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held in Albany, NY, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Runners and event goers taking part in the Lark Street 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held in Albany, NY, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Runners and event goers taking part in the Lark Street 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held in Albany, NY, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Runners and event goers taking part in the Lark Street 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held in Albany, NY, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
A runner taking part in the 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held on Lark Street in Albany, NY, Saturday, December 9, 2023.
A runner hanging out on Lark Street after the 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
The back of Jim Larson’s “Merry Christmas” sweater on view on Lark Street post 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Runners taking part in the Lark Street 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held in Albany, NY, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Runners and event goers taking part in the Lark Street 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held in Albany, NY, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Runners and event goers taking part in the Lark Street 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held in Albany, NY, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Runners and event goers taking part in the Lark Street 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held in Albany, NY, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Jim Larson, event organizer of the 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint standing outside Lark Street in Albany, NY, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023
Runners and event goers taking part in the Lark Street 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held in Albany, NY, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Runners and event goers took part in both the Lark Street Chili and Chowder Cookoff and the Santa Speedo Sprint Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023
Runners and families taking part in the Lark Street 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held in Albany, NY, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Runners taking part in both the Lark Street 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held in Albany, NY, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Runners and event goers taking part in the Lark Street 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held in Albany, NY, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Runners and event goers hanging out on Lark Street post 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint in Albany, NY, Saturday, December 9, 2023.
Runners and event goers hanging out on Lark Street post 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint in Albany, NY, Saturday, December 9, 2023.
Runners and event goers taking part in the Lark Street 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held in Albany, NY, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Sax O’ Claus (Luke McNamee) performing on Lark Street during Lark Street Chili and Chowder Cookoff and the Santa Speedo Sprint events held Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Mooney with Jim Larson, the event organizer for the Santa Speedo Sprint together on Lark Street at end of the event in Albany, NY Saturday, December 9, 2023.
A runner and friends hanging out on Lark Street after the 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Sax O’ Claus (Luke McNamee) performing on Lark Street during Lark Street Chili and Chowder Cookoff and the Santa Speedo Sprint events held Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
A runner hanging out on Lark Street after the 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
Runners and event goers hanging out on Lark Street post 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint in Albany, NY, Saturday, December 9, 2023.
Patrons standing outside Savoy Taproom post 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint held on Lark Street in Albany, NY Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
The Albany Roller Derby star hanging out on Lark Street after the 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
