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Race Reports for Hot Chocolate 5k 2011

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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Terrible logistics, the location could not handle the traffic for people coming in. And walking from the parking area to the bag check and race start went through the race course, so the race was held up as the hoards of people made their way to the race start.
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?

  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: This was truly a clusterF on multiple levels, and without a doubt the most poorly organized race I've ever been in or heard of, from start to finish....so bad it's actually comical that a race organizer could find so many ways to screw up. The "race jackets" were glorified trash bags with sleeves, ran way too small, and some reportedly had logos from other cities' races....and apparently packet pickup was a nightmare. If you didn't have a car - as many in the city don't - you had to have a friend who did & could get it for you. Adding insult to injury, the 45-60 minute delays for both the 5K and 15K, 5K starting /ending before 15K started, and the organizers reportedly lied about some reportedly bogus traffic accident en route being the cause of the delays (that that had been a legit reason for delayed RAM race start in another city). Also they apparently deleted some negative posts on their FB page, yet with the hundreds of negative posts still there, can't imagine what they thought that
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