Hot Chocolate in Hotlanta

I ran the Hot Chocolate 5K in Atlanta on Sunday. This time, the race day temps were not as cold as the past few years.
And thankfully, it was not raining.
I was supposed to run the Run With the Dogs 5K on Saturday, but as happened a couple of years ago, bad storms canceled the race. Not before I had arrived, however. Just like a couple of years ago!
The weather was iffy for Sunday, too, and I woke up around 3 am to lightning and thunder. Thankfully, all the rain and storms had moved off by race time.
I ran with my friend Kellie. We've run this one together before, and she ran the 15K, while I ran the 5K.

Me and Kellie pre-race

Me and Kellie ready to run

Rise Up Falcons fans!

 So, the Atlanta Falcons football team played the Green Bay Packers later Sunday evening, and downtown buildings were showing off their Falcons colors of red and black. By the way, Falcons beat the Packers rather handily and are headed for the Super Bowl!

Can't even see the top of the Westin for the fog

 Just because the rain had stopped, the skies were rather foggy. As you can see from the photo above, the 72-story Westin hotel in downtown Atlanta was socked in.

Ready to start

Who is that runner in the blue hat and pink jacket around her waist? That's me!

The Hot Chocolate 5K offered free photos with the race, but as you can see, I didn't get a free photo of me. Well, not really. I'm behind the woman in the center frame.
Kellie's 15K started about 25 minutes ahead of my 5K, which actually worked out well. She finished just a few minutes ahead of my finish. We met up after the race, drank our hot chocolate and ate some of the chocolate treats and then headed home.
I think I'm done with the Hot Chocolate race. It's expensive, and this year's jacket wasn't nearly as nice as the ones in year's past. It's OK. We had a good run!