Champagne Runch...

I saw this Champagne Runch pop up somewhere and thought...um food and mimosas?!  So in.  Oh yea, and maybe I'll run.

My bestie and I promptly signed up and had a blast!!

First off let me say this - it wasn't a 5K.  I don't even think it was a 1K.  We ran in a circle at the OC Great Park and in the middle of this stopped for donuts.  I mean, I know some actual runner people were miffed, but for Lib and I - PERF!  I'm dealing with some health stuff and a couple of injuries so I'm not in tip top shape but damn I can eat.  And boy did we!!!

I'm used to arriving at races an hour before your wave time, so 5:30am I was at Libby's door.  This so could have been avoided.  It was super tiny and they started late so.....could have slept another hour.  Oh Well.

We got there in plenty of time to get our shirts to wear and wander.

Hi Big Orange Balloon!

When I'm cold I apparently have no neck

Ready eat er...run!

The registration included a T-Shirt, medal, the supposed 5K, a glass of mimosa, 5 brunch folks and a few other things.  4 were attached to our bib then the brunch peeps were on our wristband.

It was a hella cold morning, so one of our bib goodies said coffee/tea - I was excited for a hot cup of coffee.  Sadly it was a cold one - BUT - damn delicious!  Mine was called a Dirty Horchata from Contra.

Wishing for warmth

When the "race" was finally ready to start we headed off!  As we trotted I was hoping to warm up, but damn was it chilly!!

One fun thing about the OC Great Park is we had little history lessons as we trotted!

So a bit before the short race ended - there was a "Carb Load" stop.  This was one of our little tickets on our bib and we got a free donut from California Donuts.  Holy shit!!!  So yum!! They had a little area with a bunch of different choices, so there was quite the back up as people took pictures and made their decision on what donut to get!  It was pretty funny watching people trot the rest of the race holding a cute little box!

Like 2 minutes later the lines got huge!

Lib got a donut with Reeses Pieces on top!

Nerds

My donut had crumbled up Thin Mint cookies!!!  OMG!

And then all of a sudden you were done!

Finishers!

Woohoo!!  Time to eat!

So they gave us boxes to put all our food in.  They weren't quite big enough so Libby and I grabbed some, ate those then got the rest!  Our 1st set we just chowed down on a bench in the middle of the food area.  SO GOOD!!

1st up was Snooze.  We got a pancake with blueberry and lemon cream.  Oh. My. God.

Honestly, best pancake I've ever had!

2nd up was Tender Greens.  Seriously one of the best salads eva!!!  Whatever dressing they used was delish! Libby of course gave me her tuna.  The little cup was a yummy quinoa mix!

Yummy Yummy!

3rd stop was The Kroft.  I've been to the one in the Anaheim Packing District and loved it!  We got a pork sandwich which was a bit too spicy (but I did eat half!) for me but the potato salad was to die for!  And yes - that's bacon bits on the salad!

That Potato Salad tho...

Then there was a bonus place.  They weren't on our bracelet but giving out samples.  It was Poke! So of course I was in - and got Libby's!

Baby Poke Bowl

About this time our boxes were over flowing so that's when we parked it to eat the 1st chunk.  Then off for more!!

4th on the bracelet was Hug Life Vegan Ice Cream.  Vegan you guys!!  Which means non dairy!  Which means I can eat it and holy crap!  Yum!!!!  I got the Reese's Peace.  Lib got the Cookie Butterface.  Mine tasted just like the candy and Lib's had an awesome cinnamon flair!  So good!!!

So good, but why all the cold stuff!!!

Next up was another bib goodie and it was some shakes from Protein Lab.  I got the chocolate and Lib got the green one.  Mine was sadly not delish at all, but Libby's was awesome!

Not tasty

Very tasty!

Last stop on the brunch was Bakers and Baristas.  Dude.  May have been some of the best fried chicken ever had!!!!!!!

Chicken on a biscuit in gravy!!!!!

At this point we headed over to the brunch area where they had Pet Adoption, the tables, the bar and some games like Jenga and a Giant Beer Pong!

We got our mimosas and enjoyed the rest of our brunch!

So cold. No neck

Little disappointed our dude didn't give us champagne flutes but at least they had booze!

I like mimosa races!

So does Lib!

They also paired up with OC Pet Adoption and had some adorable little friends to adopt.  Not gonna lie, almost took home a 7 year old Chihuahua.  I wish my cats played well with others.

All in all the event was fun for sure!  The food was definitely the highlight.  I'd love to see this event become something a little bigger!  I would certainly sign up again!