The HCR, now in its 6th year, is moving to a new location in downtown Northampton to accommodate record-breaking numbers of participants and provide them with an even more festive party atmosphere. Working together with Mayor Higgins and the Northampton Police, race organizers have chosen Old South Street, at the foot of Crafts Avenue (Hampton Ave parking lot), as its new start, finish and after-party location. Now the second largest run & walk in western Massachusetts, organizers anticipate that this year the Hot Chocolate Run will move to number one.
This is our sixth annual 5k race (10:00am) & 2-mile walk (9:30am) to benefit Safe Passage, which is a program that supports battered women and their children in Hampshire County. Please encourage folks to come out for it - it's a great cause, a great course, and racers and walkers receive a race mug and steaming hot chocolate at the finish line! Note, custom mugs limited to the first 3500 registrants this year.
Registration/Check-in the Hampton Ave parking lot (near the Northampton Brewery), Northampton, MA. From I-91, exit 18. Turn left, North on Rt 5. Left turn on Hampton Ave (just before traffic light in center of town). Parking garage on your right, event straight ahead.
For more info go to www.hotchocolaterun.com.