Mesquite Tri States Marathon - A PR!!!!!

This is marathon number one in my streak of two marathons in 16 days to become a MARATHON MANIAC!!! This is a quest that started out with a 3 race scenario in 90 days, but later when I realized that the last two were only 16 days apart, and this would qualify me, I dumped the first one, sized it down to a half and decided two would work for me.

Teota, Liz, Me and Cyndie.

I love girl trips and this one was bound to be fun with Cyndie, Liz, Teota and I. Teota drove us in her nice BMW, that car has all the bells and whistles. We left on Friday morning and stopped for a sandwich on our way to Nevada. The weather was nice for us and we had a nice safe trip.
Once we arrived in Mesquite we had some time before packet pickup to check into our hotel and get settled in. The packet pickup went quick and after that we went to dinner at a restaurant in the casino. Then Teota dropped us off at our hotel a short distance away and we were headed for bed.
Races are always fun, but this one will be especially fun because two of my friends, Cyndie Nell and Teota Dangle will become Marathon Maniacs today. That special day is another 2 weeks off for me.

The amount of potties for the amount of runners did not match up. 

Hangin' before the race.

Yeah, running in the middle of nowhere!

Cyndie wearing her sign. 

Entering our second state as the race officially started in Utah.

Saw someone do the snake hop dance, only when we
got up to this point in the road it was a tarantula.

Mile countdown was backwards,
17 is Jan's favorite number.

Teota wearing her sign.

Scenery along the way.

Yes, long and lonely out there.

Some parts were very pretty.

Taking a picture of myself.

Wall near the end of the 26.2 miles.

Cyndie did her marathon maniac streak of 3 marathons in 78 days by running the Pocatello Marathon, the SoJo Marathon and finally the Mesquite Marathon. She is now maniac #4557.
It is critical to know your number when you are a maniac. Everyone's number is way cool.
Then Teota went for her streak of 3 marathons in 63 days. She ran the Top of Utah Marathon, the Marine Corps Marathon and then Mesquite. Her number is #4560.

Teota crosses the finish line "I'm a maniac, maniac..."

Teota shows off the medal.

26.2 finisher, one down, one to go in 2 weeks.

Cyndie on approach to the finish line.
She's a maniac for sure.

Cyndie finishes, get her a chair this girl
has had a rough run.

After getting lost because the race directors picked
up all the signs, Liz makes it to the finish line.
It is her fault we all want to be maniacs.

I would not do this race again, lots of hills and the race directors are unfriendly. Luckily they got the best and friendliest volunteers. Those people treated us good. 

Race stats:

26.2 miles  5:50:17

My Garmin dumped all my stats, I was very disappointed in that. Since the software update I now have to push the "reset" button to save workouts.