The 2007 Las Vegas Marathon is over, and it was a great run. We had ideal weather–cool, slight cloud cover, with not much wind–and it was a pretty good run. I managed to run get run over by any Elvi, which is harder than you might think.
Running with the pace group was great, and we finished right on target at 4:15, which is always good.
I’ve got an 8-hour teaching gig tomorrow (Monday) so short of MGM Mirage buying Harrah’s Entertainment and then announcing that it’s turning its casinos into roller rinks, I won’t be posting anything.
One last note–running down the Strip, in front of the Caesars fountains I yelled out, “EVEL KNIEVEL FOREVER!” The world lost a real original on Friday. I interview Evel back in May for a book I’m working on, and he was a great, classy guy. He talked about his life and the fact that he didn’t have that much time left, and didn’t seem to have any regrets. They should really dim the lights at Caesars, at the very least, to remember a guy who helped to put the place on the map.