Vegas Santa Run 2008 (original) (raw)
This weekend was the Las Vegas Great Santa Run, a 5K for charity. Last year they had over 7000 santas, this year I was #8009 with several thousand behind me, but I haven't seen the final number yet. They try to beat the world record every year, and I'm sure they did again - I saw some 9600's on bibs.
My time was 57:04, partly because it was a slow start shuffling until it spread out into paces... but mostly because I'm a fat bastard. ;-) I went with my Meetup volunteer group, Acts of Kindness "AOK". Lovely people, beautiful weather, good times.
Where's Waldo? -- That's me front and center. :-B
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| Acts of Kindness "AOK" volunteer group photo |
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| Slow to start, but once folks got going, it split up into pace groups. |
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| I'm several thousand Santas away from the Start line. We had to shuffle along for at least ten minutes. |
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| Cynthia, Charlie, and Alicia ready to rock. |
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| Ben is ready to run! |
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| The crowd slowly spread out as paces coagulated. |
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| Cynthia Santa #8009 |
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| Turn to Jesus or burn in hell, Santa. Originally just the wacko in the denim jacket, but Santas kept stopping to pose with him. ^_^ |
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| Saint Nicholas |
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| Fabulous misses santas? They only walked the first bit and cut a few streets for photos at the finish. No wonder, with those shoes. |
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| I came in under 57:00, partly because it was a slow start and mostly because I'm a fat bastard. |
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| Our friend Annmarie came as Elvis Santa. ROCK! |
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| Next year I'm adding something excellent to my costume! |
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| Sigfried and Roy in the pace car. |
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| Bob the Jewish Santa and Cynthia the Heathen Santa, being goofballs on Freemont after the race. |
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