If you don't feel like clicking over, here's what we do. Question marks mean I'm guessing the exact street based on the map:
1. Start at Russell and the Strip, outside Mandalay Bay
2. Head south to Sunset (?) (approx 1 m)
3. Turn north and continue up the Boulevard to Fremont (?) (but not DOWN Fremont) (approx 6.5 m)
4. Head south down LV Blvd. to Spring Mountain (Fashion Show Mall) (approx 3.5 m)
5. Head West on Spring Mountain, hooking up with Twain (approx 1 m)
6. Head West on Twain to Rainbow (approx 3 m)
7. Turn south on Rainbow, continuing to Hacienda
8. West on Hacienda, almost to Durango (approx 2 m)
9. 180 turn
10. East on Hacienda, to Mandalay Bay (approx 6 m)
11. Loop up to Luxor, back down to M-Bay, then around the parking lot (approx 1 m)
12. Cross the finish line.
Looks like fun.
As we train, I'll be reminding you of how our training runs translate onto this course, like I did last year for the old course. Luckily, we miss out on that 10-mile climb from 6 to 16 and the run into the unforgiving wind from the Spring Mountains. The biggest hurdle I see is running up the hill at Twain and Valley View. Luckily we have a hill to train on.
What do you think of the course?
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ReplyDeleteI like it! I barely remember Fremont street from last year and will not miss it.
ReplyDeleteSara and I will be out of town the next three weekends so we'll see you all the first week in July. We're going to try and do as much training as possible while we're away so we'll be on pace with the group. Have fun, see you in 4 weeks.