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SKECHERS Hot Chocolate Run Phoenix

08:358:35 AM Phoenix
Arizona State Capitol
© OpenStreetMap Arizona State Capitol. Photograph by Wars (Wikimedia Commons), CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons . Course line © OpenStreetMap contributors

The course

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Flat from start to finish: 7 m between the lowest and the highest point.

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  2. Photo: Department of Justice, Public domain

km 2.5mile 1.5

Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse

Named by the organiser as a course highlight, in downtown Phoenix.

Photo: Department of Justice, Public domain

Height drawn many times taller than life. Heights: GEDTM30.

Course elevation profile, 8× vertical exaggeration Elevation along the course from km 0 to km 15. The trace runs between 326 and 333 metres, a range of 7 metres, drawn at 8 times vertical exaggeration so the shape is legible. Smoothed over 1 km before this profile was derived. An unsmoothed urban surface carries the buildings and would assert a climb that is not there. The dashed stretches are bridge decks: South 7th Avenue, km 10.8 to 11.3; South 7th Avenue, km 11.8 to 12.3. A bare-earth model reads the ground or the water beneath a bridge, not the deck the runner is on, so those runs are interpolated between the ground either side rather than measured, and they under-report the real climb across a span.
0 5 10 15 km
0 2 4 6 8 9.3 mi

Dashed: bridge

  • flat all the way
The course in short 3 lines
  • A 15K that stays within 7 metres7 m from lowest to highest point, the high point at 2.8 km.
  • Start and finish at the state capitolWesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, with the capitol complex behind it.
  • 10K and 15K start together at 8:355K at 7:25, 10K and 15K at 8:35.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
km 0 to 14.8GradientA 15K that stays within 7 metres7 m from lowest to highest point, the high point at 2.8 km.

Downtown Phoenix is flat. The 15K runs between 326.1 m and 333.0 m above sea level, 6.8 m from the lowest point (at 14.1 km) to the highest (at 2.8 km), and climbs 12.2 m in total.

Measured

Whole courseLandmarkStart and finish at the state capitolWesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, with the capitol complex behind it.

The organiser lists four course highlights: the Arizona Financial Theatre, the Arizona State Capitol, the Sandra Day O’Connor Courthouse and the Footprint Center. The plaza has memorials to wars and to prominent figures in Arizona history, and the post-race party is held there.

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Whole courseTactics10K and 15K start together at 8:355K at 7:25, 10K and 15K at 8:35.

Runners must be 12 or older for the 15K. The organiser asks walkers to hold a 15 minute per mile pace, about four miles an hour, to keep course support. Strollers, skateboards and rollerblades are not allowed. Packets are picked up at the expo on Saturday 5 December or mailed; there is no pick-up on race day.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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Race fuel for Phoenix

One gel every 40 minutes once you are past about 75 minutes of running, plus a spare.

Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side.

Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.

Order by 15 November to test them on two long runs first.

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In Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Salted Caramel, 24-pack, the best seller there.

Outside the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the UK and Ireland, Spain and Portugal, Italy, the rest of the EU and Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Chocolate Outrage, 24-pack on Amazon.com, the best seller there.

Anti-chafe
Compeed Anti-blister stick
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Compeed

Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml

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An invisible layer before the start keeps seams, straps and shoes from rubbing skin raw.

Put it on before you leave for the start: heels and toes, inner thighs, under a bra or heart-rate strap.

Try it on a long run first, like everything you use on race day.

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Number belt
A race number belt
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Compressport Race Belt

Holds your bib without safety pins through your top, with loops for up to 8 gels.

Clip the bib on the night before, so it goes on with your shorts in the morning.

Keep the number on the front, where officials and photographers can see it.

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Electrolytes
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SiS Hydro electrolyte tablets, tube of 20

One tablet in a bottle puts back some of the salt you sweat out.

One tablet in 500 ml of water in the hour before the start.

Only if you have used them in training: nothing new on race day.

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Blister plasters
Compeed Blister plasters, medium, 6
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Compeed

Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6

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One in a pocket cushions a blister if one starts.

Put it on clean, dry skin and leave it until it comes off by itself.

Give a couple to whoever comes to cheer, so they are there at the km you need them.

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climb
12.2 m40 ft

The SKECHERS Hot Chocolate Run Phoenix course has 12.2 m (40 ft) of climbing: a flat course. Its lowest point is 326 m (1,070 ft) and its highest 333 m (1,093 ft) above sea level. Next race: Sunday 6 December 2026, starting at 8:35 AM.

Race week

Timetable

Saturday 5 December Expo

  1. 10:0010:00 AM–18:006:00 PM

    Expo and packet pick-up Phoenix Convention Center, South Hall G, 100 North 3rd Street. The expo is free and open to the public. There is no race-day packet pick-up: runners collect at the expo or have the packet mailed.

Sunday 6 December Race day

  1. 07:257:25 AM

    5K start Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, 1700 W Washington St. Gear check opens 60 minutes before each start time.

  2. 08:358:35 AM

    10K and 15K start Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, 1700 W Washington St. The 10K and the 15K start at the same time.

Times as published by the organiser, in Phoenix time, checked .

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Trip

Getting a place

Entry through the organiser

Entry details on the organiser’s site →

The organiser, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.

Sources and licence

Last checked.

Course line matched onto OpenStreetMap road geometry: (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License 1.0 (ODbL). Elevation sampled from GEDTM30, Global Ensemble Digital Terrain Model at 30 m (v1.2): Elevation: GEDTM30 (Ho & Hengl, OpenGeoHub), CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Elevation gain computed by us from that line, smoothed over 1 kmsmoothed over 0.6 mi.

The line is drawn on the roads and measures 1.00% shorter than the certified distance.

Date and entry information from the organiser.

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