I wanted to do this race since I had done it in Denver back in 2014 and it was a lot of fun.  Ok let’s be real…there is also tons of chocolate!  Well it was a fine sunny day in Nashville, and a balmy 25 degrees.  I was not super excited about the cold, but chocolate is a great motivator 🙂  and there was a sweet finisher medal.  My plan was to go with the 10:00/mile pacer (since I completely forgot my garmin!!) and maybe move up around mile 5 or 6 depending on how I was feeling.  Well I kept up until about mile 5, and then had to slow down.  This course was quite hilly, which I was liking, but definitely slowed my pace some.  Glad this wasn’t a half!

Made it to the end without any setbacks and had no crowds when I went to get my bag and my well deserved chocolate.  There were plenty of people there, but a) I was slow, and b) it was cold.  So I think people grabbed their stuff and ran for their cars.  I would have run for my car, but I couldn’t run any more.  And I would have spilled my hot chocolate and fondue (which was almost frozen by the time I got to my car!).

All in all I had fun, met some new people, and was a few minutes faster than the last Hot Choc race!  Win.