Laughlin Half-Marathon

Distances: half-marathon, 5k
http://www.laughlinhalfmarathon.com/
This race is on an extraordinarily flat, well-maintained dirt road. The race organizers call it a trail race. I can see their point, but I call it a road race. I ran the half-marathon. Both race distances are an out-and-back on an road along the banks of the Colorado River. Even though it was flat, I was slowed after the turn around by running into the wind. Talking to locals, it sounded like an upstream breeze is normal weather for this area. Half-marathoners can expect 5 aid stations. It would be nice to have some signs directing you through the resort to the race start and parking. Other than that, the race organizers did an exceptional job. In particular, everything started extraordinarily punctually and the timing system (Runnercard) ran very smoothly and got results out quickly .