Las Vegas Marathon brings with it all the aspects one might expect, dozens of runners dressed as Elvis, a run-through Las Vegas wedding chapel, and a 6 a.m. race start that puts it under the pre-dawn lights of the Strip real estate.
For Sunday’s Las Vegas real estate race, the elite women’s field will start 17 minutes, 52 seconds ahead of the elite men and an expected 16,000 other runners, 8,000 for the marathon and 8,000 for the half-marathon. The first runner across the finish line at Mandalay Bay Las Vegas gets a $50,000 bonus, on top of $15,000 for being the overall men’s or women’s winner in the Las Vegas Marathon.
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