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| - *******Bait and Switch for a below average run - C'mon guys******
Ok guys. My friends and I had a great time at the run yesterday, but not because of anything other that being together in some nice weather at a run. Keep in mind that your event is about double the cost of an average 5k, so the expectation is that this will be a higher level event. 5 of us between a couple of cars dropped a fair amount of money to be there yesterday.
When we signed up, you sold it as "running through beautiful surroundings, running through the vineyards, blah blah." We didn't expect the vineyards, let's be real, but after you posted your map it sort of felt like a bait and switch. "Hey, let's advertise a run at beautiful Lake Las Vegas, then just have people keep on driving out to the middle of the ugliest, construction-dumpyard area you can find past Lake Las Vegas and set it up there."
That was VERY disappointing. Then, to add insult to injury, you charged $15 to park in a desert construction dump lot that was literally FULL of nails with a very dusty half mile walk to the event and back. Cars were driving around everywhere, so the dust was pretty bad, and I picked up 10 nails, just around my car. The lot attendant was incredibly rude as well. Very poorly run and disorganized.
During the run, people were tripping and falling over fist sized rocks throughout the entire course. Dangerous, and irresponsible on your part.
Now, let's talk about the wine part--what wine part?!! We had about 1 glass of wine, all red because you brought no white. The red wine you did bring seemed like it had been sitting for a long, long time. It was "chunky" in the bottom, from so much sediment, so not the best experience. The wine tasting part was completely overblown and very disappointing.
So, for next year, you really need to work on location, and if you want to call it a wine run, you need to kick that part up a notch--OR, charge less money, and don't charge people for parking just because you can. Pretty rude.
Be honest about your event--one way or the other!
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