Holo au i ka Half Marathon o Las Vegas Ma hope o ka pana ʻana i mea e hōʻoia ai ʻaʻole e paʻa ka makaʻu iaʻu

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Ma Kepakemapa 28, ua hoʻopaʻa wau i kaʻu mau huakaʻi i Las Vegas no ka Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻEkolu lā ma hope mai, ua kī ʻia kekahi kanaka pū i ke ahi ma ka ʻaha mele ʻāina ʻo Route 91 Harvest ma ka Vegas Strip, make 58 poʻe a hōʻeha i ka 546 i ka pana nui loa i ka mōʻaukala ʻAmelika hou.

Aneane koke, hoʻomaka nā leka mai ka ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha i ʻike e hoʻolālā wau e holo i kēlā heihei, e nīnau ana inā e hele mau ana au. E mālama ʻia ka hapalua marathon ma kahi o ʻeono mau pule ma hope o ke kī ʻana. ʻaneʻane kū pololei ka laina hoʻomaka mai ka hale hoʻokipa ʻo Mandalay Bay, kahi i kū ai ka mea kī pū ma ʻOkakopa 1, a ʻo ka hapa nui o ka heihei e mālama ʻia ma ka Vegas Strip, kahi i kū ai ka pōʻino. Pīhoihoi au i ka loaʻa ʻana o kēlā mau kikokikona, akā naʻe, ʻaʻole wau i noʻonoʻo ʻelua e pili ana i ia mea papa E hele ana nō wau.

Ua kau inoa mua wau no ka mea leʻaleʻa a ʻokoʻa ka holo ʻana i ka Vegas Strip, a he kumu maikaʻi ia e hele i ka pāʻina ma Vegas. Akā ma hope o ke kī ʻana, ua hoʻoholo wau e holo e hōʻoia e hōʻole ʻole wau i nā hana a kekahi e mālama iaʻu mai ka noho ʻana a me ka hauʻoli ʻana i ke ola. Inā he mea, ke ala a ka poʻe i hui pū ai e makemake wau e holo i kēia hapalua marathon ma mua o ka manawa aʻu i manaʻo ai he hopena pule wale nō ia.

Loaʻa iaʻu ka manaʻo, inā mākou e noho me ka makaʻu, a laila lanakila lākou. ʻAʻole paha mākou e hele i nā ʻahamele ma hope o ka pōkā ʻana ma ka ʻaha mele ʻo Ariana Grande's Manchester? Pono anei mākou e pale i nā hui ma hope o ka pana ʻana ma Pulse nightclub ma Florida? E nānā wale paha mākou i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma ka home ma hope o ke kī ʻana o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma Aurora, CO? Pono anei mākou e ho'ōki i ka holo ʻana i nā heihei i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma hope o ka pana ʻana o Boston Marathon?

E haʻi wau iā ʻoe i kēia: Terror did ʻaʻole lanakila ma Vegas.

I koʻu kū ʻana i loko o kaʻu pā nui, ua nānā au i ka poʻe mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua e paipai kekahi i kekahi, e kaʻana like i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, a e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā lole o kekahi. Ua paʻa ka palekana, a ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka laina hoʻomaka i hoʻokahi mile ka iho mai kona wahi mua e ka Mandalay Bay, ke kahua o ke kī ʻana. Akā, ʻaʻole ia i hoʻohaumia i ka manaʻo o kekahi; ka ikehu mai aneane 20,000 ka hapalua o ka poʻe holo marathon ka uila. I ka manawa i pio ai ka pū hoʻomaka, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kali e holo.

ʻO nā heihei Rock 'n' Roll ka mea maʻamau i nā mele a me nā leʻaleʻa e pili ana i ka papa, akā i kēia manawa, ua nānā ka heihei i kahi manawa lōʻihi o ka hāmau no nā mile ʻelua a me ka hapa mua e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka poʻe i hōʻeha a me nā ʻohana o ke kī. Wehe au i koʻu mau poʻo poʻo a paʻa iki au i ka hoʻolohe ʻana i ka ʻoliʻoli o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a pau e puka mai ana me ka mea i hana ʻia. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hele he 50 kapuaʻi me ka ʻike ʻole ʻana i kahi pelaha #VegasStrong.

Akā, ʻaʻole i hoʻomanaʻo wale ʻia ka heihei i nā mea i hana ʻia ma ʻOkakopa 1. Ua ʻaʻahu ʻia ka poʻe holo i nā ʻaʻahu lapuwale (ʻoiaʻiʻo, aia nā wahine mare a me nā kāne, akā he mau maiʻa a me nā manō, Wonder Women and Spiderman, tons of tutus-a. Hell of a lot of tutus); ke hāʻawi nei nā mea nānā i ka beers a me nā mimosa i nā kukini make wai; Hoʻokani nā mea hoʻohālikelike ʻo Elvis i ka piano ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke alanui a me nā mea hoʻohālike KISS e lawelawe ana i nā mea holo i ke alanui; a me nā hōʻailona e like me "Ua uku ʻoe e hana i kēia!" a "Lōʻihi a paʻakikī hoʻi kēia papa, akā i ka manawa hea ka lōʻihi a me ka paʻakikī i lilo i mea maikaʻi ʻole?" A ʻo nā kukui ʻōlinolino o nā hōʻailona neon kaulana o Las Vegas i alakaʻi i nā kukini mai ka laina hoʻomaka a hiki i ka hopena. ʻO kēia heihei-ʻoiai nā hanana i hala ma mua-ʻo ia nō ka mea āu e manaʻo ai mai ka heihei ma waena o Las Vegas, a hōʻoia i ka mea i hana ʻia ma Vegas ʻaʻole i wehewehe iā Vegas.

Ua hele au i ka laina hoʻopau ma luna o kahi manawa maikaʻi loa, akā ʻaʻole au i holo i kēia heihei e wāwahi i nā moʻolelo. Ua holo wau no ka mea makemake wau e hōʻike i ka makaʻu ʻole i kekahi i ka poʻe mai ka hana ʻana i kā lākou makemake. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻae i ka makaʻu-makaʻu ʻaʻole e hoʻopau, makaʻu i hiki i kekahi a i ʻole kekahi mea ke pale iā ʻoe mai ka hoʻopau ʻana-e hoʻopaʻa iā ʻoe.

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