What ever it takes!

Pretty speedy progressive tempo run this morning, more because I was in a hurry to get to the airport than anything. 

The only difference I could tell with all the "re-modeling" at LifeTime this morning was the smell of carpet glue.  Nice way to wake up on a morning run, who knows maybe it helped.

Now I'm at the Airport 1 hour early, I don't know why I hurry all the time,  I'm always just sitting around anyway.  I will hit Delta Platinum on this trip, pretty excited about it, I haven't been Platinum for a few years.

Distance	Time	Avg Pace
1	6:52	6:52
2	13:36	6:44
3	20:10	6:34
4	26:38	6:28
5	32:56	6:18
6	39:08	6:12
7	45:10	6:02
8	51:06	5:56
9	56:56	5:50
10	1:02:57	6:01
Total	1:02:58	6:17

Well, this is going to be a huge problem, I have found the worlds least runner friendly city.  I'm staying at the Encore in Las Vegas,  I decided to run the strip since it is lit at 5:00am, well I ran that for a bit and found out this city really doesn't ever sleep, there were people harrasing me, Taxi's running over me so I decided to find a less populated route and ran out to Koval the road that goes behind all the Casinos, well about 1/4 mile into that some guy started chasing after me, yelling who knows what.  Luckily my sprint speed was faster than his and I hurried back up the the strip where at least there are Police around.  Dealt the the crowds and traffic and ran to the end of Mandalay Bay, then there weren't any people, which oddly enough was even more creepy.  That was 3.5 miles decided I'd had enough anyway and made the trek back to the hotel.  I did get lots of stair workout in going up and over all the bridges, but that was about the only good I got out of this run.

The hotel gym costs $15 per day, which at this point I'm willing to pay but they don't open until 6:00am and close at 9:00pm.  Not sure what I'm going to do...

A little bit better run today than yesterday,  I looked on Google maps and saw that there was the Wynn golf course right behind the hotel, decided to run around the perimeter of the golf course thinking it was about 2 miles, the loop ended up being 2.5 miles exactly which was even better so I ended up just running that loop 4 times for a total of 10. I only had to stop an 1 busy intersection each loop and I felt pretty safe the entire way.

It was very hot at 4:45 am, I'm guessing close to 90, The golf course was watering so every once in a while I got a nice cool breeze from the sprinklers.  Not the most scenic run but pretty good considering the alternatives.   111 degrees for the high today, seriously, who has a conference in Vegas in August, last year this was in San Francisco, I'd much rather be there.

10 miles in 1:11:24   7:06 avg pace

Day 2 of heat resilience training. Same 4 loops as yesterday, I really wanted to do 1 fast loop but my body just can't seem to go any faster in this heat.  I really hope St. George is cold this year cause if it's hot I'm toast.  I at least was smart enough to stash a water bottle in the bushes this morning so I could hydrate every 2.5 miles, that helped.  I finished off by running to Walgreens and buying a litter of cold water, a Gaterade, and a Strawberry Quick.  All 3 were gone by the time I got back to my room.

10 miles in 1:09:27  6:57 avg pace.  2 minutes faster than yesterday.

It may be a little bit cooler this morning than the last 2 days but I also wanted to treat todays run as a recovery so I kept the pace a bit slower which may have had something to do with it.  I thought an 8:00 pace sounded like a good goal when I went to bed last night so I even set my alarm 10 minutes earlier to compensate for the 1 min/mile slower pace.  The cooler temps and a nice breeze off of the golf course made it feel good and I ended up with a faster average pace but it felt good so just went with it.   Did 2 1/2 mile pickups at about 5:50 pace on the final lap just for the heck of it. 

I'm really happy with my decision to change my running schedule during this conference, last year I was going to bed at 11:00 and waking up at 3:00 trying to get my long runs in and it just tore me apart.  I'm actually feeling very good right now, minor aches and pains in my left leg but all and all I feel really good.  I'm not really feeling over worked at all, I probably wont be in as good of cardio shape as I was last year at this time but at least I'm not limping around like an 85 year old lady.

10 miles in 1:13:49 7:23 avg pace

Pretty disappointed in this mornings run, plan was to run 12 miles at 6:20 avg pace.  When I got to the strip at 4:30 the street was packed with people, most of them drunk (well probably all).  It was crazy, I had to keep dodging people and running out into the street to get around everyone for the first 1/2 mile (drunk people think it's so funny to try and run with you, what's really funny is how stupid they look trying it),  after I left the strip it got a little easier but it was Hot, Windy, and Humid and I could tell it was going to be a long 12 miles.   First lap went OK, on the second lap the heat started to get to me and I started getting stomach cramps, slowed down a bit but managed to do the first 2 laps in 32 minutes (5 miles at 6:24 avg pace) after the second lap was done I decided to slow it down a bit more and try to cool down, never really could get back into it though,  ran 2 more loops and after finishing my standard 4 I just couldn't get motivated to run another step.  Went to Walgreens for some beverages and now I'm off to work.  Last day of setup today, the conference starts tomorrow.

I found out the Killers are going to be playing at this conference,  I really hope I can go, I like the Killers.

10 miles in 1:07  6:45 avg pace