1. Do not sign up for a half marathon in vegas and expect a PR
2. Do not fly down to orange county the Thursday before, do disneyland the friday before and fly out to vegas that night
3. do not got to bed at 4am the day before the race
4. do not wear a new running skirt for the first time (hellooo chafing!)
5. do not grab the first pair of running shoes you see in your closet while packing---that was 2008's model silly!
6. Do not eat nachos, buffalo wings, sushi, lycheetinis, and cabo wabo margaritas the day before
7. do not expect your tummy to not rebel on race day because of #6
8. do not walk 4 miles around disneyland two days before, and 5 miles round trip to packet pickup the day before
9. do not forget to have breakfast on race morning
and finally
10. do not get hooked on the "deal or no deal" slot
and finally
11. do not forget to have an awesome weekend doing crazy things with friends and feeling kinda proud that you can manage to (slowly) finish 13.1 miles with no training AND vegas/disney antics.
