Cocoa Classic 5K Race Recap | Blogmas Day 9

What was I thinking? Signing up for a 5K in the winter! Luckily, it was sunny and it was 20 degrees Fahrenheit. I had a blast running the 5K with my friend Jessie. In this blog post, I share a race recap.

The Cocoa Classic 5K was held on December 8th, 2018 at Deer Park Shopping Center in Deerfield, IL. The course was in the streets around the shopping center , but the start was in the shopping center’s parking lot.

I didn’t take any pictures while running. My friend Jessie and I pretty much ran the whole 5K (which is pretty awesome!). I’m a walk/run runner, so this was a change for me, but it was fun and I realized I can run for longer periods than what I thought.

Or maybe it was the cold? The sooner you cross the finish line, the sooner you can go back to your car haha.

We finished with a time of 38:56.8. We were happy to have run under 40 minutes. Yay! I’m proud of us 🙂

Jessie and her family had to leave right after the race, but I stayed for a second cup of hot chocolate, some pictures, and to get free goodies.

This was my first time hearing about Mane in Heaven. I believe the race’s fundraiser was for Mane in Heaven.

I loved meeting these two ponies. Very well behaved! One of them seemed like he wanted to give me a hug! So cute!

I love hot chocolate! I added a marshmallow to my first one, but nothing to the second one. I don’t like whip cream on my hot chocolate. Too much sugar!

I don’t usually sign up for a race if they don’t give out medals, but I did this one. How cute is this finisher’s mug! I surprised my daughter with it when I got home and she was thrilled!