Overall, I was very impressed at the Hot Chocolate 15km Detroit race that happened on April 16th, 2022. It was a great run that fit in my marathon training (like many that I ran with). It was a nice flat course with one slight hill around the bridge area, but overall about 108ft of elevation gain which is negligible in my opinion :)

The jackets that we got as SWAG and the medal are really awesome quality! The aid stations were more than enough and enough volunteers were out there for the participants we had for the race.

One point to mention, the expo wasn't really an expo, but just a bib packet pick up, and they were in tents outside which was actually really nice because it was held at the same spot as where you'd be going for the race start line. Parking/access wasn't too bad with the suggestion for the race management to use something like spot hero to secure a spot so you can be stress-free on race day and that worked out really well for me and had about a 7min walk to the parking lot from the finish line which was a nice cool down.

The only thing I would like to mention for my vegan diet folks, as the name suggests, the post race meal and snacks are great but everything pretty much had dairy in it, so I had to be satisfied with a banana and water! But for those who don't have that restriction, everyone seemed to really enjoy the hot chocolate, and other snacks that they got.

All in all, I would definitely recommend this race to anyone looking for a fun 15km or 5km race distance around downtown detroit and with a pretty good crowd and a nice route through bell isle!