26 days till my first 1/2 Marathon!

Today I am just 26 days out to my first 1/2 Marathon which will be taking place in awesome LAS VEGAS! I am SO excited. Vegas just so happens to be our favourite place to vacation, there is just something about the atmosphere there that continually pulls us back in.  I recall the first time I was there ( August 2011 ) and we stayed at the Bellagio hotel.  I remember taking our stuff up to the hotel room and pretty much immediately heading back out to take on Vegas for our first night there.  We walked out the front lobby and just as we did the famous fountains started there show complete with classic Vegas tunes.  There was people lined up all the way around the railing and it was hot but you could feel the spray from the fountains mist hitting your face.  I was like something straight out of a movie! Like I was in the Oceans 11 movie, and I could look to my left and see George Clooney or something!


Bellagio Fountains

SO, what better place to run my very first half Marathon?? I cant think of one.  The race is Novemeber 17th, 2013.  We are staying at the Luxor Hotel and Casino.  We have never stayed there before,  so I am quite looking forward to it.   We will be arriving in Vegas on November 14th, 2013 which is one day after my main squeeze's birthday.  How awesome is he? taking me to Vegas to run a 1/2 marathon on HIS birthday. I am a lucky girl!  Being there a few days before the race means  I am going to have to behave myself and avoid the lovely rich and delicious foods Vegas has to offer for a few days until after the race.   Then, its PARTY time.  We are staying for a week so there will be plenty of time to get wild and do Vegas right ;)

The goal for this blog, is going to be a way for me to write about my experiences as I become a better runner, to hopefully write about the many races that I would like to be doing in the future.  I know nothing about blogging, and to be honest know very little about running, but I am learning as I go, and here I will write about the things I discover, the things that work the things that don't, and everything in-between!