text: Holy hot chocolate they were not kidding when they say to come early for parking I had read Jennifer Hs review but I guess I really did not get what she meant when she said the cars were backed up to the I exited at am from and it took me mins to the race grounds and park By then the K was already overnAfter taking almost hours to get to the race I was not going to leave without running so I ended up running the K insteadnThe parking is definitely an issue I have never been in a race where it took so long to park I am not sure what can be done to improve in this area for next year nOtherwise the race was very well organized from packet pickup to day of the race There were a ton of port o johns and volunteers handing out Gatorade and water at the aid stations I loved hoodie hot chocolate and fondue All were of extremely high quality nThe only other thing I was disappointed about was the finisher mug On the website it looked like it was ceramic but the actual finisher mug is made from thin cheap plastic Almost disposable In fact that is where a lot of the finisher mug ended up in the trash can after the goodies were consumed I brought mine home but it looks so cheap I do not know if I will display it nOverall a very enjoyable way to spend the morning I do not know if I will do this race again due to the parking issue but it is a fun race