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Hot Chocolate 5K/15K Race Preview

Disclaimer: I received free entry to the Hot Chocolate 5K/15K race as part of being a BibRave Pro. Learn more about becoming a BibRave Pro (ambassador), and check out BibRave.com to review find and write race reviews!

The Hot Chocolate 15K/5K is a run that I always have fun at, how could you not when you combine running and hot chocolate? I will be running the 15K race this year, hosted in my hometown San Diego, but they have the same race in many other cities across the country. The thing I like about established races is that they know what they are doing. They’ve experienced every issue or misstep before and have learned from it. After the first few years, if a race director does not learn from their mistakes, runners won’t keep coming back.

The race starts and finishes downtown and will take you through different parts of Balboa Park. Looking at the elevation chart, there are a few hills you may need to prepare for. But I’ve run so many local races in Point Loma and Liberty Station recently, getting to run around Downtown and Balboa Park is a nice change.

If you’re interested in participating in the Hot Chocolate 15K/5K, visit their website and choose a city that you’re interested in.

If you register with the following code: BRHCSANDIEGO20 you’ll get a free hot chocolate running hat!

Good luck and enjoy!!

Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Half Marathon, 10K, & 5K Race Report

Disclaimer: I received free entry to the San Francisco Half Marathon, 10K & 5K race as part of being a BibRave Pro. Learn more about becoming a BibRave Pro (ambassador), and check out BibRave.com to review find and write race reviews!

The first time I ran the Kaiser Permanente San Francisco 5K was in 2015. I had a client meeting scheduled in San Francisco and decided to make a weekend trip out of it. A few weeks before the trip, I checked to see if there were any races happening that weekend and found this one. I hadn’t been running too much so I didn’t want to run the 10K or half marathon, but the 5K sounded fun. The only thing I remember about the race was that it was not as hilly as I expected it to be, it was pretty foggy just before the race started, and I won my age group, which I was pleasantly surprised to find out. I ran the 10K this year but did not win my age group, unfortunately. Here are the results: 6.2 mi, 51:01 (8:13 min/mi), AG 36 of 135, Gender 200 of 786, and Overall 301 of 1,981.