Puddings on the run!

More than 150 contestants are competing in this 23rd annual race. The aim is to raise funds for Cancer Research UK's Children's Cancer Awareness Month.

Balancing their pud on a paper plate, fancy dresswearingcontestants navigate a 150-metre course containing flour-filled ballons, jets of foam and limbo poles.

Covent Garden Market WC2 (020-7836 9136). Sat 6 Dec, 11.30am, free. www.coventgardenmarket.co.uk.