It was great to run one of these at night and a great race overall: extremely well organized, nice route and a great atmosphere after the race - including a beer tent. The main highlight after was a concert by Kanye West and Common. Which brings me to my story:
Common came on first and played about three or four songs. I had never heard anything by him - and indeed had never even seen a picture of him - but he sounded great, he was a good performer and the mostly college-aged crowd was totally in to it. He was then joined by another rapper, and they performed about four more songs, with the new guy pretty much taking it over and Common just backing him up. The new guy then left and said "thanks Kanye" as he did.
Uh oh...
I'm a dumb ass: who I thought was Common was actually Kanye, and the second rapper who came on was actually Common. In my defense, Kayne was wearing big sunglasses that hid lots of his face, and he was wearing a very unrapper-like khaki colored coat.
Please note that they look nothing alike. So despite running a good race, I left it feeling humbled and distinctly unhip.
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