Just going to pick up the race packets on Rodeo was fun as there were tons of people out, never can complain about walking down Rodeo and they had a great dj there. The run was held on Sunday and started at 8:31pm in downtown LA right near USC. On the night of the run they started out with the list of celebs also running in our location, clips from around the world of other runners who also ran earlier in the day as the run was held all over the world and continued on with a bunch of Olympians who came out with their medals and warm wishes. The opening ended with a celebrity trainer getting everyone stretched out and we were off. The energy rocked!! There were people watching on the streets, kids who wanted our glow sticks and what was even neater music representation from other places that were also hosting the race. So as we ran along we ran into Brazilian, Chinese, South American music being played by various bands. It was really cool... The run ended with yummy little treats from Starbucks and Bear Naked granola. Also as part of the run Kanye West performed (he had also performed in Australia for the human race... thank goodness for time differences and flew back to LA to close out the race here)... Of course great music. The night ended with an incredible firework display (awesome for me as I haven't seen fireworks since before K was born as they are always way past bedtime.)
Not sure how another 10k can compare to such an awesome production. It was great and a great check in for the half marathon also sponsored by Nike in mid October. Better keep running.
The rest of the weekend with A was really nice as we got to see Sex in the City followed by awesome food in old town Pasedena, wandered on Melrose, went to Manhattan Beach, hit Pinkberry and Little Tokyo for sushi and most importantly found our shorts for the run in October! In high school I am sure we never thought we would spend three hours searching for running shorts. 
No comments:
Post a Comment