Quick Update From the Road

So we left Wednesday morning from Leadville around 8:00 AM.  We drove most of the day, and decided to stop driving when we got to Elko, NV.

South of the interstate, I could see some dirt roads and hills.  So, after we checked in to the very dumpy Budget Inn, I had Marvin drop me off in the neighborhood nearest the trails.  As I started up the trail, there was a dude coming down, and he let me know that it was BLM (Bureau of Land Management).  This meant that I was free to run pretty much wherever I wanted.  There were some short (linearly) inclines, but very steep, so I got in a good workout.

As I was running, I was quickly running out of daylight, but the desert setting treated me to this:

I wish I had had my real camera, because my crappy little cell phone just could not capture the variety of colors that were in the sky.  It made for a great finish to my run.

I made it back to the neighborhood just as it was getting dark, and then ran all the way back to the hotel.  Though it was only about 1hr and 15mins, it was a great run for being in the middle of a road trip.

The next day we got up, and then drove all the way into Tahoe.  As soon as we got settled I got on the trails on the lower part of the mountain.  The pine trees here are so much bigger than home, and the forest made for a great place to run.  I knocked out a 2.5hr run, and then we went to dinner.

Today (Friday) we started early, and worked all day.  We set up the finish are with the finish arch, lots (lots!) of barricades.  It was a very long day, and tomorrow will be very long as well, and then on Sunday we'll finally have the race which will also be a long day.  I really need to find a way to sneak in 2 long runs in the next 3 days, but it is looking like it might be hard to get that in.  Hopefully it will all work out.

Time to climb into my bunk:

Yep, that is a bunk built into the laundry room.