Hot Chocolate 5K/15K Run Chicago: Post Race
The Hershey’s Hot Chocolate 5K/15K run was held today in Chicago. This turned out to be a very popular race and was sold out a few weeks ago. You couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful fall day!
The goody bag was pretty awesome. The jackets, hoodies and hats were high quality, and I haven’t participated in any races where you get so much stuff in your goody bag. Our only complaint is that although we knew we’d get a hoodie instead of a running jacket, we DID think we were getting a fleece hat. We were pretty surprised and a little disappointed to get a different running hat in our bag.
The post-race treats after this race were great! Although the hot chocolate tasted a little funny…so much so that after trying a friend’s, I didn’t go up and get any!
This is definitely one of the most fun races we’ve done, and we’d highly recommend you signing up early next year. A shout out to all of the MoveUrBody readers who participated! Congratulations! You can check out the results here.
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:01 pm
I’m glad you had a fun time. I wanted to let you know that I work with a group of inner city children who ran the race. They paid $20 instead of $40 but they did not get a goodie bag of any sort. I contacted the race director and he blew me off, even though I said I would pay for the gear.
Just want you to know what kind of people are organizing this even and that you should reconsider running it next year. Feel free to blog about this as well
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Thanks for your comment. That must have been really disappointing for the kids who ran. There seemed to be a lot of little things that were off about this race. I hope your organization will find fitness events that will be more gracious in the future!
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:42 pm
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