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St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Balrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Balrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

Clark County Commissioner Larry "O‘Brown" at the St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run as they attempt to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

Kathleen Ruddy President of St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research and her dancing leprecauhn attempt to teach the hundreds of runners who came out for their 5k run an Irish jig attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run leaves the starting line as they attempt to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run leaves the starting line as they attempt to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run leaves the starting line as they attempt to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run leaves the starting line as they attempt to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

Henderson Fire Department Pipes and Drums sound the beginning of the St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempting to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

Kathleen Ruddy President of St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research and her dancing leprecauhn attempt to teach the hundreds of runners who came out for their 5k run an Irish jig attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

St. Balrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureaud

St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempts to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

Henderson Fire Department Pipes and Drums sound the beginning of the St. Baldrick‘s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research 5k Run attempting to break the record for the largest gathering of leprechauns at Town Square in Las Vegas. Saturday, February 13, 2016. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

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