WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS APPARENTLY GOES ON A BLOG

Second Monday of the week.

Ok...whew, what a busy weekend! I'm exhausted. The weekend in Vegas was awesome. The races were great and all went so well.

My friends and I absolutely played up the Vegas experience. It was my first time there and there was so much to see. The strip is a lot bigger than you'd think!

Ok, so one of my friends I was with and I ran both the 5k and the half marathon. My other friend ran only the half marathon and opted out of the 5k but for a great reason as she had just run the New York Marathon the weekend before!

The 5k went really well. I wasn't going to try to run it for time because I didn't want to feel spent for the half the next night. But the air was soooooo dry and the temps so cool that I ran faster than I thought. I ended with a finish time of 28:30 and I felt like I put no more effort into it than a training run. Weird how weather can make such a difference.

Our outfits for the 5k were just fun and simple. Nothing crazy...that was the half, lol.

We got to see the headliner band the Goo Goo Dolls after the 5k. They were really good.


  We went to various sights  including Mandalay Bay.

The field across the strip where the shooting took place is still cordoned off. So sad...

The first sight we ran past for the half marathon was the current memorial at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign on the strip. It was very sobering. Apparently they will build a museum and move the whole sign and tributes left at it.


The half marathon went really well. The police and security were absolutely off the charts awesome! It was sad to see that it is now necessary to have police on scissor lifts with weapons and gear on. But I was so glad to see them there protecting us so we could play. I thanked every officer I could along the run. They were at all the intersections and the streets were blocked off a block back by buses and garbage trucks.

View of start line from my corral

View of corrals behind me

We ran down the strip and through down town. So many lights!

There were so many people, too! About 50k strong.





Ok, so now for our Vegas running outfits. We went in Vegas camouflage, lol. We really did blend in! All 3 of us ran in this outfit but we were different colors.
   

After the half with my medals

We looked so silly but it was so much fun! We sported a light-up bra which blinked, a light-up tutu, fish nets, a feather boa and the running stilettos I showed in the previous post. We got a lot of compliments too, lol. When you go to Vegas you have to come back with Vegas memories! And that, we did!

I have to say, running in dance tights was actually pretty comfortable....;-). There was no PR for this race but it felt really good to run. My friend and I decided to stick together since we felt a little silly in our outfits, lol. That was more fun, anyway and made for great pics!

Left-5k, middle-Remix, right half marathon

For the 5k and half marathon we got 3 medals. One for each race and a third for doing both races completing the Remix Challenge. The half medal glows in the dark, too!

But we have to wait for the Heavy Medal in the mail. We get that for completing 2 Rock-n-Roll marathons or half marathons in the same calendar year. Can't wait to see that.


TTFN