We went back to Vegas. A great weekend of work and play, with the Rock and Roll Half Marathon closing things out for me.
I took a bunch of pictures and just enjoyed the course. The music was fun, with bands and DJs mixing it up, mostly with classic rock sounds. Many of the usual race course anthems-- I think I heard TNT by ACDC three times. The picture above was at a place flagged as the "World's Largest Selfie", where they project your image onto the Resorts World hotel. Pretty cool. Then below are pics of a Blue Man and me and the mascot for the Vegas NHL team.
This race is a bit of a pain to get to the start, with a corral system and about a 1.5 hour wait. Not as bad as New York, I suppose. But the runners were reasonably spread out. The race starts in the late afternoon, and the course turns to dark, with the huge bulletin boards of the Las Vegas Strip. It's pretty cool. The course is well supported and I've really enjoyed it these past two years.
Afterwards, it was a long walk back to the Luxor (Pyramid hotel), where we stayed, but that was just an opportunity to check out some of the stores and food options along the way.
