Our Retro gallery takes a look back at the runners through the years aiming to win that prize of a Christmas pudding!
The event has grown in popularity from the first race in 1993, when 600 finished, to recent years when the entry has had to be limited to around 3,000. Our picture gallery shows the runners, many in fancy dress, from 1996 to 2004.
13. Pub runners
Percy Pud race runners from the Gardeners Rest Pub, December 5, 2004 Photo: Barry Richardson
14. Fancy dress
"Nelf" and "Batman" join Santa at the start of the 2004 Percy Pud race Photo: Barry Richardson
15. Raising funds
Some of the members of the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service who were running in the Percy Pud Race to raise funds for the Children's Hospital, December 5, 2004 Photo: Barry Richardson
16. Harriers
Some of the Hallamshire Harriers who entered the Percy Pud race in December 2004 Photo: Barry Richardson