Ultimate Wine Run

Probably the most miserable run I’ve participated in — I realize there are no vineyards here but you seriously couldn’t find a more pleasant location to host this run??! Vegas /​Henderson has so many beautiful parks– honestly this felt like some kind of sick joke. And the wine? A pill cup size? for the price you charged you guys really made out. Ridiculous! And you could have taken some time to clear the trail, at least the boulders!

Wine AND Running?! It’s like this event was made for me!
It all sounds good in theory– vineyard setting, wine at the finish line, keepsake glasses that you’ll actually use instead of finisher’s medals you’ll stash away. To say I was excited was an understatement.
But as the day grew closer, I kept getting pesky emails about additional fees: day-​of packet pickup would be $ 5, on-​site parking would be $ 15, you have to pay $ 20 for the 1K «wine walk» to actually get any wine samples, and any friends or family members joining you will be charged a $ 10 «spectator fee»… I grew more and more annoyed as the fees and add-​ons started to stack up. This was already a pricey run ($ 50 and up), why weren’t these charges included?!
Event was not as advertised in any way aside from there being a 5 kilometer route at the stated address. A rocky lot by Lake Las Vegas is NOT «a beautiful vineyard setting» … The trail was littered with rocks ranging from golf ball-​sized to bowling ball-​sized, and the last thing we were told upon starting was to watch our step so we didn’t roll an ankle. It was nearly impossible to pace any higher than a jog due to the dangerous terrain (my primary issue), and (a smaller but still relevant point) there were no wine glasses.
TLDR: Deceptive advertising with poor and unprofessional event execution and a dangerous race route.

*******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!

This was not as advertised, as other reviewers describe. In addition to this all the fees that were being charged for a crappy dirt run with plastic shot size glasses of wine was definitely not worth it.
I will never do one of these runs again, particularly since when we were done the finish experience was so lackluster. For a 5K costing $ 65 (I had friends that missed the groupon and paid this) in addition to the parking fee of $ 15 this was so not worth it. Such a run should be no more than $ 10, so I only hope that the charity will see most of the funds.
Thankfully I have amazing friends, so we made the best we could of a bad situation by having our own wine party save yourself time and money… Look for another 5K.
Side Note: This is where the Tough Mudder + World’s Toughest Mudder is held. Some of the same course. Not really what you are anticipating on your 5K!

So when my wife said we were going back to Lake Las Vegas for another wine walk but the kicker was that it was going to be a wine run! I was like «what, this should be interesting «. And I remembered how much fun we had at the last wine walk at Lake Las Vegas… So I was sold!
My wonderful Waze GPS app led us on the other side of Lake Las Vegas and I’m thinking… We’re going the wrong direction. But nooooooooo, we were driving to the middle of nowhere. Paid $ 15 to park in the dirt, again… In the middle of nowhere. Walked to the spot… In the middle of nowhere. They had 4 foods trucks and 6+ booths. And no where to sit.
So this experience unfortunately got worse when I found out the course was on rock, gravel, pot holes. You even had tumble weeds to run around, and several groups of walkers walking side by side by side by side… by side. I spent 90% of my run looking down making sure I didn’t roll my ankle before my PT test.
So after that miserable experience I enjoyed the best $ 18 lobster Sammich from cousins Maine lobster truck.
We then proceeded to the 1k walk… Which had 3 booths with… Get this… WINE IN A PLASTIC SHOT GLASS. How ghetto.
The wine selection was sad. I heard ppl brought bottles and got wasted in the sand lot.
Anytime in with my wife and without my kids we always find a way to still have fun… But this run almost made that impossible.
There are better ways to spend money and run and drink wine. I hope the ppl who organized this event feels ashamed and embarrassed. I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night knowing I just ripped off a bunch of ppl.
They had the cleanest Porta patties though… Braaaaaaaa –vo!
pS, drinking wine before a run… It’s a horrible idea.

So the details said for friday there would be bull riding and rock climbing and more, there is NO MORE, as well as food vendors, there is a lobster and pizza truck, your looking to spend at least $ 20 for a meal that will feed one, no where to sit! And vendors there are 4, 1 selling headbands for a great cause, 2 for martial arts, 3 folks who started wine business again for a great cause, and 4 last about water. as well as not even close to the lake and nothing beautiful really to look at… Unless u like dirt… Waste of $ … Wanting a refund… Oh btw look out at night driving no lights don’t fall in the ditch!

The Ultimate Wine Run held at Lake Las Vegas was laughable. Tickets for both the VIP Party and the run were being sold for $ 107 through their site. I wouldn’t pay over $ 10 because that’s what it’s worth.
The location was just awful. It’s held on a dirt patch far from the village and lake.
The VIP Party consisted of; 2 activities, an empty dance floor, 2 food trucks (tacos alone were $ 16 btw), 3 or 4 merchant vendors and a wine booth. Good times.
There are plenty of charitable activities in Las Vegas. This one is not worth your time or money.