Santa has some hearty elves this year.

Updated Monday at 8 pm

This year's Santa Speedo Sprint once again proved the scantily-clad Santa dash is one of the most fun events of the year. It's so great to be in a crowd where so many people are smiling.

And last we heard, ASAP had raised $20,000 for the Albany Damien Center!

Many photos are after the jump.

The first finisher:



But, wait, there's more...

Bennett took the photo above -- here's his full photoset and post about the event. He captured a lot of good moments.

And check out this video shot by Sebastien:

Santa Speedo Sprint 2010 - Albany, NY from SÃ©bastien B. on Vimeo.

He also posted a photoset with a lot of good shots. And there's more on his site.

And even more...

+ Albany Tim has a photoset with a bunch of crowd photos.

+ MIKECNY has a photoset with about 20 photos -- including a good one of the Albany All Stars.

+ Silvia's photoset includes a lot of good action shots.

+ Kevin's account of running the sprint.

+ The TU's Seen gallery from.

+ Michelle from CBS6 has posted a bunch of photos.

+ And TJ ran the race and took pics of people taking pics of him.