Traveling to Las Vegas for work is a little rough on the workout schedule, I had to find time to get my runs in. I ran a bunch right before my flight and honestly was a bit sore most of the day on Wednesday, so took the day off from running. Thursday and Friday I was back in the swing of things though. I was waking up at 3am local time in Las vegas for some conference calls that I had to have with India, but finished most of those by 6 or 7am, but my conference did not start until 9am each morning. So that gave me the perfect chance to fit in a run or two during the week right when the Strip was not too crowded...
Thursday: 3.1 miles in 41:23
Friday: 3.2 miles in 40:24
For those that have not been to Vegas, one thing that I had to get used to was when running right down the strip, when you get to busy intersections, they do not actually have crosswalks for foot traffic, and you have to take overhead foot bridges over the street. They have escalators and elevators up to the foot bridges, but I did not want to mess up my run, so I actually took the stairs up and down each time. This caused a tougher run than I normally would have done since I had 8 different places where I had to run up and down stairs during my 3 mile runs. I guess it helps build fitness, but not something I necessarily enjoy doing
One of the good things about running in Las Vegas though was the weather this time of year. Having been stuck running in the snow and ice and cold for the past few months, this was a very nice change of pace for me.
It makes it even more painful waiting for the weather here to get nicer, and I can't wait for the snow to finally melt away at home.