Santa Hustle 5K

This was my first 5K in the winter and we were freezing our butts off in the beginning. Let me say the the sweat shirts provided by the race were very small and the day before I went out to Brookfield to find the right size. My daughter had to exchange hers the race day. Everyone that staffed the event was very friendly. My only thought is, they should have had food trucks or a hot chocolate station. Next time I know to wear a scarf. I did have two sweat shirts on though.
This is one of the cleaner races I have seen. There wasn’t much litter along the route. The race started off a bit slow with some technical difficulties but as soon as we were moving, I warmed up. Lake Drive was shut down to traffic so we could walk in the street. There were a mix of walkers and runners which was nice to see. The start was staggered with the walkers behind the runners so we weren’t all tripping all over each other. There were cookie stations, Gatorade, and water stations, M&M’s as well as holiday music along the route. It was cool to see the different costumes people came up with. We had a good time and would do it again.
I thought the 8:30 start time was a bit early but had no trouble finding parking by the lagoon. Getting out was a bit of a challenge though. Traffic was held up for a while until all of the walkers had cleared the path.