Here, There and Everywhere

Oh the trials of work,

The last several weeks have been a mess.  Work has not only taken me out of country but also to Washington DC as well as Sin City (Las Vegas, NV).  As you can imagine this has impacted training  (as well as home life) significantly.  Fortunately I was on some sort of taper for Salt Flats therefore the effect has not been that great (hopefully).

Nine days in the DC means pseudo-urban running.While short runs were on the roads near by, longer runs were on the Cross County Trail system.  I was also lucky to get in an orienteering meet with the Quantico Orienteering Club at Pohick Bay.  Not a stellar performance but fun.  Need to polish up some of my O-skills.

Sin City was not much better.  Being on the northeast side of town (instead of the west side) meant there were no nice trail runs out at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.  I had to settle for some forays up and down various portions of the Las Vegas Wash Trail.  Of course the weather was nice and warm (90's) bringing back some memories from MDS last year!

Las Vegas Wash Trail near Craig Road

Next week is the Salt Flats 100. Weather forecasts looks like cool temps (40's- 60's, like Bataan) with some slight chances of precipitation.