We have a winner!

We have a winner in the free trip to Las Vegas and free entry into the Las Vegas Rock-n-Roll marathon. All you need to do is contact the person in Arizona or Missouri who won the Superball Jackpot and see if they'll spot you a few bucks.

For the record, I flipped a coin and if I'd have won the lottery, Terzah would have had a free trip to Vegas.  And there's a good chance I'd have thrown a free trip in for Arthur too, since he lives here. Alas, I didn't win so you guys will need to pony up the cash if you want to drink tainted water at next year's race and fight ridiculous crowds on the strip, all for the low, low price of a lot of money.

Win a Free Trip to Vegas and an Entry into the 2013 Las Vegas Rock-n-Roll Marathon

I live in Las Vegas.  I don’t gamble. When I say I don’t gamble, I’m serious. I haven’t stepped in a casino in years unless I’m headed to the buffet. I love sports, but don’t bet them. When March comes around and people are filling out brackets, I keep mine in my office drawer and keep my money. Raffles? No thanks. 

Only idiots buy lottery tickets.

This will all be mine some day!

On Monday, I officially became an idiot. But I’m not a gambler. In fact, not buying the lottery ticket would have been the real gamble. I’ll explain.

My coworker was planning an excursion to Arizona to “invest” in Powerball tickets. If any of those tickets were to win, everyone would receive a proportional amount of the winnings, so when my colleague approached me about the investment, I initially said no. Then I realized that if the winning ticket were purchased by my coworker, I would work at a place where everyone but me was a millionaire. That would ruin my life. So I bought a ticket as  life insurance.

And if we win? I guess we can all quit our second jobs.

And if we win, I'll hold a random drawing for anyone who follows me (those are good odds, by the way, much better than the odds of us actually winning the lottery, since I have very few followers). The lucky winner will receive a round trip flight to Vegas a 5-night hotel stay, and a paid entry into the LV Marathon in December 2013.

I don't exactly know when this drawing is, but I'll probably know if I win since I'll be the only one at work the next day.

Hopefully, the water won't be tainted this year.  Nothing sucks more than hard core vomiting and violent diarrhea after running 26.2.

Running in Vegas

The disastrous Las Vegas Rock-n-Roll Marathon--and by disaster I'm referring to ridiculously large crowds, poor organization, and people drinking poisoned water causing them to vomit and poop uncontrollably--has led some to believe Las Vegas is not a great place to live for runners.  Not true.

Although the heat in the summer reaches baked potato-like temperatures, the other nine months are wonderful for those who enjoy a nice jaunt outside (the summer gives us air conditioned indoor tracks, treadmills, and mornings (before six only)).  It's been sixty degrees or higher and sunny every day for nearly two weeks.  I'll trade in months of below freezing temperatures for sixty-five and sunny and a slight chance of violent diarrhea any day.

Bring your (own) water when you run here!

Today's weather was perfect for running.  My calf, however, didn't think so.  I shut it down after 3 miles as a precautionary measure.  I could have run all day, if I wanted.  Better safe than sorry, though.  It's good to see my take-it-easy pace is faster than my former go-all-out pace.

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I was going to start two-a-day runs on Monday but I'm just not 100% confident in my calf, so I'm going to go double workouts instead.  Here's my schedule for the next week:

Monday A.M: Max Interval Cardio        
Monday P.M.: 5-mile low key run.
Tuesday A.M: Core Cardio and Balance
Tuesday P.M.: Chest, Shoulders and Tris
Wednesday A.M.: Sleep in                      
Wednesday P.M.: 3-mile track run: 23-minute goal time.
Thursday A.M.: Pure Cardio                  
Thursday P.M.: Max Cardio
Friday A.M: Core Cardio and Balance    
Friday P.M.: Back and Biceps
Saturday A.M.: 8-mile run                      
Saturday P.M.: X2 Core
Sunday: Rest

It's an ambitious schedule, I know.  There's only 16 miles of running for the week.  There's 2 Max Insanitys, one regular Insanitys and three semi light core workouts.  There's two weight workouts.  All cross training workouts are synergistic in nature and will improve conditioning.  I'll evaluate and turn a couple of morning workouts into morning runs next week.