This is part of a series that also takes place in Carmel, Indiana. They bring a reggae dance party vibe to a holiday 5k. Pre-race instructions were good. There were several registration options. Everyone got the huge snowglobe medal, but you could choose to get the hoodie, tech shirt, or save some money and opt out of a shirt. The shirts were very nice.

Packet pickup was offered the day before and took all of 5 minutes. There was no "expo". You could also pick up day of.

The course itself was just on the roads in downtown Chandler Arizona. Nothing to look at, but nice and flat. There were opportunities to take photos with santa or with nice backdrops before the race. They played reggae music throughout as well.

Post - race was when things really got good! Hot Coffee, Hot Chocolate and very festive donuts from local donut shop Fractured Prune. Then those beautiful, as big as your head snow globe medals (filled with sand and santa on a surfboard) for everyone!!! Really cool age group awards as well.

Great volunteers on course and everything went very smoothly for this first time event. It was very family-friendly.

I highly recommend this race and will be back again next year!

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