Subject: Fun Fact Friday!
From: "Hot Chocolate 15/5k" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 17:41:10 -0500

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RAM Racing presents... [1]
[2]Parking Information [3]

Hi Hunter,

Your bib is Hunter Biden - Bib# 57797

PARKING

Reserved parking passes will ONLY be distributed at the expo. Please visit the
parking kiosk to collect your parking pass. If you have reserved a parking
space at National Harbor, you will need to pay the $10 fee at the expo; cash or
credit cards will be accepted.

Spectators will be able to park at Crystal City and ride the shuttle to the
start/finish area.  Participants can also be dropped off at the Park N’ Ride at
National Harbor before 6:30am on race morning. Plan for heavy traffic.

For those parking at National Harbor:

From Maryland take Exit 1B to merge onto National Harbor Boulevard

From VA take Exit 2A merge onto National Harbor Boulevard

Attention Crystal City parkers!

There will be construction on Crystal Drive from 23rd Street to 26th Street
Saturday morning. Although this will not impact garage availability or the
shuttle pickup location, please plan your driving route to Crystal City
accordingly. We recommend taking Eades Street to 15th Street to access the
garages.

PACKET PICK-UP

All participants must pick-up their packets at the [4]Hot Chocolate Expo.

The expo will end today at 9pm.

NO packets or bibs will be distributed race morning.

To avoid long lines at bib pickup, please bring one of the following with you;
race confirmation email with name and bib#, a Fun Fact Friday email with name
and bib#, a printed screenshot of your registration within your RAM Racing
profile.

*Friends and/or family may pick up your race packet with written consent and
one of the accepted forms of bib confirmation mentioned above.

Exclusive Offer for Race Participants!

National Harbor is providing all Chocoholics with exclusive offers at many of
the establishments before and after the race! To view all the offers, please
[5]click here.

START TIMES:
15K – 8:00am

5K – 7:30am

The 5K race will begin staging at 7:00am.  The 5K start line will be South West
of the Plateau on Harbor View.  Corrals A-D as well as those running an 8-9
min/mile pace will line up on the road.  All others in the open corral will
line up parallel to Harbor View Road on the bike path.

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The 15K race will begin staging at 7:45am.  The 15K start line will be located
adjacent to the plateau near Harbor View and Oxon Hill Road.  Corrals A-D and
those running an 8-9 min/mile pace will stage on the road.  All other in the
open corral will line up on the bike path.

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Please note that all participants in the 5K and 15K will need to maintain a
minimum pace of 15min/mile.

5 Helpful Tips for Race Day

Race day is less than a week away, you have put in the miles, have a race plan
and are ready to run in the inaugural Hot Chocolate 15/5k in Washington, DC.

This may be the first Hot Chocolate 15/5K in Washington DC, but it's not our
first Hot Chocolate 15/5K.  With that in mind we wanted to share a few tips
with you to help insure that your race day experience is the best possible.

1. It's December, it's going to be cold.  We have over 20,000 thousand runners
signed up, so it's going to take a while to get all of you across that starting
mat.  Dress in layers, we recommend some older stuff that you can shed at the
race start.  Not only will this keep you warm before the race, but all of the
clothes that you discard will be donated to [8]Back On My Feet DC and [9]Gifts
for the Homeless which will be used for years to come by people who really need
them.

2. Parking is always an issue in DC, Saturday isn't going to be any different.
We have several plans to make parking as streamlined as possible, but plan
ahead.  Give yourself extra time to get to the parking lot, park your car, and
make your way to the race start.  By factoring in extra time, it will cut down
in congestion, get the race off on time and get you to the chocolate quicker.

3. it's easy to plow through the expo. however take a minute to check out the
corral start times and assignments and then ask us questions if you have them,
that's what we are here for.  A few extra minutes familiarizing yourself with
the logistics of the race start will help you get you to the right spot on race
day.

4. Go Green and carpool.  We have a great running community in the DC area and
20,000 of "your closest friends" running along with you on Saturday, by
carpooling, it will cut down on congestion and get you a better parking
assignment.  If you are planning on parking at Rosecroft Raceway or National
Harbor, you are going to need to have two runners together to get in, so save
the hassle, grab a buddy or three and come on down.

5. Your gear check bag is the bag your bib number and race jacket will come in,
hold onto that puppy!  The night before the take the gear check tag off your
bib, attach it to the gear check bag, then in the morning you will be ready to
go.  This will keep the gear check lines moving quickly and get you to the
starting line faster.

Just like any good race plan, the more you prepare the better day you are going
to have, we hope these help.

See you at the Starting Line!

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References

1. http://www.ramracing.org/
2. http://www.bucktown5k.com/
3. http://www.bucktown5k.com/
4. http://www.hotchocolate15k.com/dc/expo/
5. http://www.hotchocolate15k.com/dc/national-harbor-offers/
6. http://www.hotchocolate15k.com/dc/raceinfo/
7. http://www.hotchocolate15k.com/dc/raceinfo/
8. http://dc.backonmyfeet.org/dc-landing.html
9. http://www.gfth.org/index.php
10. http://www.runningawaymultisport.com/

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