WHAT WAS AWESOME: Midwest Sports Events gives you some awesome stuff when you finish their races. I've run both the Noodleni and this race and the sponsor always comes through. In this case, we all waited in line for our Seroogy's Chocolate Bar and our Valentine-themed cheese. The food line consisted of two kinds of chocolate, hot chocolate, bagels, and huge chocolate chip cookies. Like I said, the original Hot Chocolate Run is in De Pere, Wisconsin. The age group awards were pretty nice too. They've done trophies in the past, including an extremely weird vase thing last. All things considered, the coffee mug was a nice token from the day.

WHAT WASN'T SO AWESOME: I know a lot of runners ask for tech shirts now from their races, but this isn't one of those races where I require a tech shirt. The logo was great and fit the theme of the race. I just like getting a cotton shirt every now and then. This is also one of the races where you get a handful of serious runners and then a whole lot that the Seroogy's Run is their run of the year. A tech shirt isn't exactly a necessity

For more, check out my blog entry: http://tkmarathonman.blogspot.com/2012/02/race-report-seroogys-valentines-day-run.html