I got up early and headed to Vegas. I ran some errands once in town. I had read a bit about some SwiftWick socks and thought since the running store was closer to my hotel than a local running store is to my house that this was a great opportunity to run and grab some. I checked into the hotel and headed to Fremont Street for lunch. $1.25 hot dog. It's a must. I don't know why...but I crave hot dogs the instant I hit the city limits. I also went to the Main Street Brewery and ordered a flight of beers. Carbo load right? Hey, it was still early. Not like it would still have an effect.
Later, I headed to the expo to get my packet and bus tickets for my spectator. He was cranky, but I was still happy to have someone there cheering me on. The expo is always simple and cute. While it was crowded for such a small race, the lines went quickly. The race director, Joyce, seemed bombarded but managed to get everyone taken care of. Of course, I had to get details on the costume contest. I HAD to enter the costume contest!!!
I managed to do a whole whopping 2 laps in the pool at the hotel and get in an hour nap before starting to munch on my final meal. It wasn't very exciting - cold sweet potato hash and sausage. I munched off someone who had that pre-race before and since I'm semi paleo/whole30 at the moment, I thought that would be a good idea. It was just OK.
The bus ride took about 3 hours. The 2-2.5 hours from Vegas is really only if you are driving yourself. Despite the bus being marked quiet, it was rather chatty so not much sleeping going on. We stopped for the marathon drop, but no one got off the bus since it was a 10k only bus. We made it to the Lil A'Le' Inn by 11:45. It took all my will power to NOT buy a beer before the race. I love my beer.
The costume - lets talk about the costume! I rocked a metallic blue spandex suit. I had loads of sparkly blue makeup on and a green tutu. I wore the green tutu mainly to cover the fact that I had a zippered crotch (this isn't a "normal" costume based on some of the strangely posed models). Of course even though I had short shorts on underneath, I still couldn't use the zipper. The tutu also matched my spiffy glasses. The costume was super hot, but once outside in Rachel, it felt good!
Anywho, I won Best Female Costume. The Nevada shaped rock in my hand was my trophy :) I was super excited. I didn't run but maybe a 1/4 mile in the glasses, gloves and with the ray gun.
The first 5k was a PR for me. About 31 minutes. The second half was a bit slower since my tendonitis started to bug me. I finished in about 1:13. My GPS said it was only 6.18...so I wandered around the parking lot for a minute. Then I went and claimed my breakfast. It's good when you are hungry, but any other time it would be horrible. The veggies were dry, hard boiled eggs were over cooked, but the rest was good. I wish I was more of a biscuits and gravy person...but eh. It just doesn't do it for me. Plus, I was trying to avoid that doing some of the semi-Whole30/paleo diet stuff.
Now....how will I out do this next year?!
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