{"id":70203,"date":"2025-12-03T21:59:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/70203\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T21:59:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:59:19","slug":"hot-chocolate-lovers-run-through-downtown-tampa-next-weekend-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/70203\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot chocolate lovers run through Downtown Tampa next weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TwoHot Chocolate 5K\/15K Run in Tampa, Florida, on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. Credit: USA Today Ventures<\/p>\n

Will it be in the delightfully chilly 50s or depressingly lukewarm 80s for this year\u2019s Hot Chocolate Run? It\u2019s still too early to say, but the chocolate at the finish line will still be sweet either way.<\/p>\n

Tampa is one of 17 cities nationwide to host this race sponsored by Sketchers, with 5k, 10k and 15k options all starting and ending at the Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park.<\/p>\n

If running (or paying to) doesn\u2019t sound like fun, it\u2019s free to cheer on athletes along the route, which goes over the Platt Street bridge and along the always scenic Bayshore Boulevard. The Hot Chocolate Expo is also free and open to the public the day before at the Florida State Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n

Registration starts at $59 for the Sketchers Hot Chocolate Run, happening Sunday, Dec. 14 in Tampa.<\/a><\/p>\n

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This article appears in Dec. 04 \u2013 10, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSelene San Felice is managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis,…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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