It was bigger and better this year. The highlight was seeing Britney again and finally getting to taste Raising Canes. So delicious, probably not the best pre-race meal, but I digress. This year we didn’t have to contend with baseball cap man standing in front of us for Britney, but we did deal with Indian Steven Spielberg shamelessly filming the whole show a row in front of us. All in all it was a very fun show, and we still had a great time. The race itself was rain free this time.
The remix challenge was more of the same. A cool concert from Kalloepie and long lines for beer. We spent less time here because we were pretty over it at that point. We just wanted to get back to the room so we could make our way to the concert. We didn’t get VIP this time, so we’d have to contend with the lines. But as savvy as we are, we found a hitch in the line, and the security guard just waved us right on through to the front.
The hotel was abysmal- We’ll never stay at the Flamingo again. They gave us a smoking room because they gave ours to another person who showed up earlier than we did. Even though I specifically told them we’d be arriving to check in later, they just said screw all that and gave our room up. So we moved rooms the next day, but it wasn’t much of an upgrade. We saved money, and the finish line was right by the entrance, so it had its perks for sure.
The expo was legit too. Not sure why people were taking pictures in front of a video screen…
A quick note about travel during the race weekend- you have to request Ubers at designated locations. No more picking up right off the strip anymore. This takes some getting used to.
Last, we noticed the corral setup was much different this year and will need to be changed. Instead of giving us a time to line up in our group, we had a color to correspond with our pace. We were told to arrive at a certain time after the Snoop Dog concert, but this was all located at the same place. So the place was overcrowded with non-racers, and they closed the gates to the corals very early. So we ended up waiting with group 2, or corral green, whatever it was. It was very unorganized, and made all our planning useless.
We didn’t forget, here are you pics!
The DM Adventure 