3 hours and 6 minutes – 13.1 miles
30 degress (felt like 15 in places)
Las Vegas, NV – December 6, 2009
For three hours and six minutes last Sunday, I ran and ran and ran and ran and ran! We’d hoped to run fourteen minute miles – which would have put us at the finish four minutes earlier. Frankly, I’m delighted with what happened.
The race course was down the Las Vegas strip and back from the Mandalay Bay. There were over 27,000 people who completed in the event. We saw bands almost every mile – some bands were fabulous. Some bands we had to sprint away from.
We had some inconveniences – they ran out of water at end of the strip.We ran past two bands in a row who weren’t playing And it was very very cold. We were able to warm up at the end of the strip, only to return to the canyon of casinos with it’s freezing shadows and icy streets.
When I crossed the finish line, I was so choked up, I couldn’t breathe. I wanted to scream, weep, and jump for joy. I settled for this metal and an emergency blanket.
Yay!
Congratulations Claudia. I always knew you could do this!!!! So proud of you and hoping you rested well after the race and are staying warm now during the storms. Good Job Lady. OORAH to you for doing this race and doing it well!!
I am so proud of you and inspired by you for doing this! Next year, I am in full swing. I am so happy I got to spend some time with you and meet your fabulous husband and the beautiful Rose. I can’t wait to see you again!
did you run a few extra paces for me so i can say i got my exercise in this week?
Woo hoo! You rock honey.
You did great!
I WILL be joining Karin next year. The hubby has been informed and I’m signing up for a body conditioning class tonight to help get me started.
Love you.
Congratulations!!!!
Great job and what an accomplishment. I am so proud to call you friend. Well done.
GOOD FOR YOU! I was supposed to run the rock ‘n roll in San Antonio Tx 11/15/09 .. but couldn’t .. one of my goals is to run all the rock n roll series .. they look like fun!
Huge accomplishment … feel proud!!!