Shawna Olsten

You can imagine how hard it would be to fall asleep the night before your first half marathon.  Now your insomnia is heightened by the fact that you chose to do it in Vegas.  You also just bumped into the Wu Tang Clan (we made eye contact no big) in your hotel lobby. Temptations so great could not stand in the way of carb loading and sleep.

The reserves.

Before the sun came up, team Babe Caravan stretched it out and headed out to the strip. The race gun went off at 6:00am and we were off under a shower of fireworks.

The Dream Team together at last.

I finished with a time of 2:02:37. Major shout outs to some key contributors.

1.       Pyrotechnics

2.       Live Your Life – T.I feat. Rihanna

3.       The guy who offered me a swig from his beer outside Circus Circus

4.       Cake at the Run Through Wedding Chapel

5.       Downing a Hammer Gel and like magic Eye of the Tiger queued on my IPod

6.       Running Elvis

7.       Team Babe Caravan for your love, support and making me the fastest.

8.       Live Your Life – T.I feat. Rihanna (5 more times)

The team regrouped and headed to the spa for a solid 3 hours of pampering. We then sat down for Prime Rib and Waffles. The rest of the afternoon was spent in bed toasting our accomplishments and watching the live coverage on TV.

We slept off the Champers and headed to the Hard Rock where the rest of the night had 2 rules.

1.       If you’re not wearing an Affliction shirt we don’t want to talk to you.

2.       We aren’t paying for anything

The evening doesn’t end there but my story telling does…what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.