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Race Reports for Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon 2008

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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: There were I think 2 water stops that were not manned. Start was not organized very well but didn't afect me, my gun/chip time were only a minute apart. Not a whole lot of spectators. Decent spectators right at finish but pretty sparse last couple of miles when we joined with the walkers from the half marathon. Goody bag was definitely poor, cotton T-shirt was about it.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great race overall except for getting to the starting line. You had to walk all the way around the back to get in the starting crowd and there was a huge line to get there just minutes before the race started. We ended up jumping the gate with a number of other people so we could get to the starting crowd. Also, there was supposed to be gatorade at the stattions along the way, but shortly into the race they had ran out. Definately sucked. Otherwise, everything was great.
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  • Comments: This is a good race and I think it will get much bigger and better over the next couple of years as it becomes part of the "Rock and Roll" series (Devine ran it the first 4 years and had some money issues paying the winners and the town of Vegas, too). The venue is incredible. The course is great. They have a ton of unique features (the wedding chapel where something like 51 runners got married during the marathon, fireworks, running during sunrise, the Elvii, the strip). They do need to be better with the water stops and more volunteers. The food afterwards was pretty good. They used the new chips that are basically a piece of paper that you tie on your shoelaces. Would be nice to have athlete tracking, though. Also, would be nice to have race results posted after the race, too.
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  • Comments: Pretty well run, and the first 6 miles (the Strip, Downtown) are fun. But the rest of the course is awful. Some pretty sketchy neighborhoods (think "Cops"), tons of bad road construction, deserted streets, silent runners and empty sidewalks. This makes for a great marathon weekend--I mean, it's Vegas--but most of the marathon course is grim at best. Do this race if you want to come play in Las Vegas afterwards and to see the city briefly taken over by runners. But if you are a first-timer or like inspiration out on the course, find another race.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I ran the old course out of Jean, which was sorta cool, but since this is Las Vegas, this course is more in line with being called LAS VEGAS. Logistics of these events I know are enormous and to make money, they have a half at the same time as the full. Should have a split start like Seattle. Fun race though, interesting to run the strip, even though it is conjested and you have to watch where you run. Fireworks at the start. Weather was overcast the whole day so it was perfect for running. Expo was pretty good, lots of stuff to look at and buy. Will probably do it next year .
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: this is my 3rd marathon and i think they could make this better. i heard this becomes a rock n roll marathon next year which will help with some of the boring parts of the course. i'm also not a big fan of Vegas so i'd rather go to a city i really like. but this was kelly's first out of state race and it was still pretty cool. vegas is just such a weird mix of people. i loved getting off the elevators at Mandalay Bay race morning and seeing the people just getting on to go to sleep after partying all night. def felt weird to be in vegas and not party!
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