FACES & PLACES: San Diego Hot Chocolate Run

The race series begins and ends at Petco Park and features 5K, 10K and 15K races for both casual and serious runners

By Ron Donoho ● Photo Essays ● March 19, 2023

**The start of the San Diego Hot Chocolate Run 2023 in downtown San Diego.**

The Hot Chocolate Run brought warm feelings and sweet sensations to downtown San Diego on March 19, 2023.

The annual race series is part of a 19-city tour produced by Ventures Endurance Events.

Beginning and ending at Petco Park in East Village, the San Diego leg includes 5K, 10K and 15K races.

The Hot Chocolate Run is highly regarded for the swag bag entrants receive, which includes a quality hoodie sweatshirt, medals, free photos and chocolate products ranging from candy bars to fondue.

The official charity of the Hot Chocolate Run is St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Sweet, indeed.

San Diego Sun photographer Sal Giametta legged it out to East Village to capture the action:

Everybody’s a winner! SDSun

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Ron Donoho lives and breathes the content on the San Diego Sun. He has more than two decades of local, regional and national media experience, built on a foundation of strong research, writing and editing, and crafting reported features. His broad background is hyper-locally channeled into the reporting done here on his own downtown San Diego neighborhood.

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