Las Vegas Marathon date change

Daily Quote: "Running with all you've got for a finishing post, then savoring the exhaustion--sometimes that's all the reason I need." --Harry Cummins

Today was a Recovery Run from yesterday's Long Run.
5 miles. Time: 47 minutes. Pace, 9:20 minute miles. Out & Back on Alta Road Route that encompasses the bike route to Red Rock Canyon. Cold, 26 degrees, Wind NE @ 11 mph. Average Heart Rate: 144 bpm. Cardiac Drift: 150 bpm. Feels good to go short and easy after yesterday's long run. Allen was right, after awhile I'm enjoying these cold crisp runs! Nevertheless, I should strive to run at least one run per week on the treadmill so the transition to running on the treadmill in the Summer months won't be so difficult. I'll probably continue my speedwork and hill drills on the treadmill as I can easily control all variables.

LAS VEGAS MARATHON HAS MOVED UP ONE WEEK!!! The Las Vegas Review Journal today has printed the following:
"As one of the New Las Vegas Marathon's key partners, Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino has seen enough in the event's first two years to learn one thing.
It needs to make more room for the runners, who numbered 12,000 in 2005 and 16,000 a month ago for the 2006 running.
As such, the resort sought a change in the date of this year's race, from Dec. 9 to Dec. 2. Marathon organizers were happy to oblige, getting the race moved away from direct competition with the National Finals Rodeo locally and a popular event two time zones away -- the Honolulu Marathon.
"Several factors went into that decision," said Scott Voeller, vice president of marketing for Mandalay Bay. "(Primarily), it allowed us to offer more blocks of rooms. When we really looked at the opportunities to help them and ourselves, that's how we made the decision to move it. And they were amenable to that."
The past two years, Mandalay Bay has hosted the Cowboy Marketplace and a runners expo at its convention center, with the NFR and the marathon taking place the same week. So along with limiting room allotments for both parties, it also led to crowding in the convention center.
"This helps everybody, frankly," Voeller said. "They just felt overall it was a fine move for them." END OF QUOTE

DRATS! I now have one less week to train!!