Vegas RnR

stinkerbell6879 · March 2012

So anyone still going to take the risk with the supposed "new improvements"? I was not effected by all the BS that happened but know plenty of people who were and are now not going to run it.

I am going to for 2 reasons....It was my first 1/2 and I want to see how much I have improved by then and second....I am trying for "Rock Idol" status so I would need to run it

suzannepdc · March 2012

I would run it again if it wasn't at night. I'm glad they moved it up an hour, but I had a hard time waiting around for the race to start. I also had no problems last year. I am happy that they plan to have actual barriers between the full and the half b/c as someone who runs slow and ran the half, I had no idea I was in anyone's way for the first mile or so.

I honestly cannot get over the people who were complaining that nothing was open in Mandeley Bay after the race was over. YOU ARE IN LAS VEGAS! EVERY casino has a 24 hour sitdown restaurant of some kind! We finished, walked over to our friend's hotel room at the MGM Grand, then hopped in a cab to get back to the Cosmopolitan. The Strip was closed, so he dropped us off and we walked across the street to our hotel.

stinkerbell6879 · March 2012

Yeah the night time things does make it hard to plan and I wanted to walk around, etc..which is NOT what you should be doing! lol. I'll probably stick to what I did last year, which was eat a pretty heavy breakfast and then took a nap and ate a light snack/lunch before heading down to the corrals.

AmeliaPond · March 2012

I ran it last year with my family and we were not impressed. No corral enforcement meant I was dodging walkers for the entire course. Almost no bathrooms on the course meant we lost almost 35 minutes waiting in line (running with my 5 mo. pregnant sister, she had to go!). No Gatorade or water left at many stations by the time we got there. Almost no food left at the finish.

It was cool running the Strip at night, so I'm glad I did it. But we all agreed we're never doing it again.

MarchMom06 · March 2012

I got the email (registered last year but had to bail because of a broken bone in my foot) & I'm planning on doing it. I've read plenty of race reviews & it sounds like there are some challenges, but DH & I love the city, I can hopefully con my parents into watching the kids, & I've been wanting to run on the strip forever.

stinkerbell6879 · March 2012

AmeliaPond:
I ran it last year with my family and we were not impressed. No corral enforcement meant I was dodging walkers for the entire course. Almost no bathrooms on the course meant we lost almost 35 minutes waiting in line (running with my 5 mo. pregnant sister, she had to go!). No Gatorade or water left at many stations by the time we got there. Almost no food left at the finish.
It was cool running the Strip at night, so I'm glad I did it. But we all agreed we're never doing it again.

I hate that this happened to so many of you! Sad I really hope they learned and they have less problems this year. Also.....I really hope they add more restrooms! blah. That was the worst! The only things that happened to me was the major "traffic jam" inside Mandalay Bay.

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