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Hot Chocolate 15K and 5K Takes on December in Washington, DC

Published December 3, 2011 at 2:04PM | Updated September 17, 2013 at 2:27PM

This event certainly had some problems. WRR plans to follow up on these in our upcoming Jan/Feb issue.

More than 15,000 runners competed in the Inaugural Hot Chocolate 15K and 5K at National Harbor just across the Woodrow Wilson Bridge from Washington, DC on Saturday, December 3. The Hot Chocolate race series, tagged as “America’s sweetest race” already exists in five major U.S. cities and made a chocolate splash at its 2011 DC debut. Runners’ packets include racing jackets. The post-race party promised Ghirardelli hot chocolate and a chocolate fondue fountain for all competitors in both the 15K and 5K races.

Crystal City Twilighter 5K: Steve Hallinan, Tezata Dengarsa Win Titles in the Heat

By James Moreland

Published July 23, 2011 at 4:33PM | Updated September 18, 2013 at 5:18PM

A look at the start before the runners lined up.

This race is an event. Wandering around the center you could easily see this event was fully prepared with food and drink, from Budweiser to Muscle Milk with a side of ice cold water in between. Some of the other events closed up shop with the record heat wave this week but Pacers knew that runners are a tenacious bunch.

Scope it Out 5K Run/Walk for Colon Cancer Awareness Race Report

By James Moreland

Published March 20, 2011 at 12:00PM | Updated September 25, 2013 at 1:50PM

Below Gurmessa Megerssa breaks the tape.

In typical Washington Metro the weather juked us better than scoring guard in a NCAA March Madness tournament. Colder than normal most of the winter we were torched by nearly eighty on Friday. Saturday racers were greeted with wonderful spring weather in the mid sixties. Then as the real spring dawned at Freedom Plaza the temperatures dipped below freezing.