What ever it takes!

I'm staying at probably the most expensive yuppy hotel I've ever stayed, The Peninsula Hotel Beverly Hills.  I feel really out of place here, the people here are actually really rich, not just make believe rich.  I went up to the gym and Anthony Hopkins was there working his triceps.   There are people here that have been staying here for 30 days at $5000 per night, plus they rent out normal $500 a night rooms like mine just to put all the clothes they buy in.

Anyway, this morning I decided to go run the hills, I ran up Wilsire made my way up to the most famous mansion in Beverly Hills,  got lost running around all the mansions until I finally found Sunset Blvd, ran Sunset for a couple of miles just enjoying the perfect temps.  I really wish I had a better idea of where I should be running, eventually I turned around and ran back to Rodeo Dr. (didn't see a single horse on Rodeo Dr.) ran down to SantaMonica Blvd and back to the hotel.  I forgot my Garmin and didn't have any idea how far it was until I mapped it just now.  It was guessing more like 8 miles but I guess all the hills just made it feel longer. 

Great run, I wish I was here another day to go explore some more.

Bike ride up a little past Timp Cave trail head and back.

I went running with Nellie this morning, same as I do all the time, difference was people were lighting off fireworks at 6:00am and Nellie was very scared and upset about the whole thing.  She kept running right in front of me and stopping making running very difficult.  On the way home she was with me and then dropped behind as dogs sometimes do, after about a minute I looked back and she was gone, like disapeared gone.  I jogged back and forth calling for her and looking for her in every bush and hole I could think she could be laying in.  I looked for about 45 minutes and finally decided to run home and get the car.  When I got home she was already home,  I asked my wife and she said she came home about 30 minutes ago.  Apparently she had just had enough of running and fireworks and took the shortcut home.  Very strange, she has never done anything like that before.  Kind of ruined my run though.

Bike ride up to Tiblefork Resivoir and back,  pretty chilly up top, and too hot coming home.  Good ride but it really took alot out of me.

4 miles with Nellie on the trail.

Great treadmill run this morning, for some reason my legs felt completely pain free and fluid, I think the alternating bike riding is really paying off.

Now I'm at the airport on my way to Vegas for the day, Vegas is hard cause I can almost drive there in the same time it takes me to get to the airport, wait for my plane, wait for my bags and get a ride to the hotel.  But then I would have missed my run.

Bike ride up Tible Fork and back. 

Felt good until I got passed like I was standing still by a group of about 8 other cyclists.

80 is too freakin' hot at 5:00am.  I really wanted to get 10 miles in, had a head wind for the first 5 miles going out which I was complaining about the whole way, until I turned around and didn't have a headwind and about died of heat exhaustion.

Out along the Murdock trail to Smiths and back, I was really thankful for the drinking fountain they put in there, I've never actually used it before today.

Went out with the intent of doing a completely different than normal bike ride but somehow still ended up riding up AF canyon again.  Took the sceinic route through Highland and Alpine on a much nicer/cooler morning than yesterday.

Yesterdays run was a total disaster, I got 2 miles into it and just couldnt run anymore, no pain just felt sick.  So today I woke up feeling better, ran 1.2 miles with Nellie but she wasn't cooperating and I could tell a long run with her would not work so I treked back up the hill home and droped her off and headed out on the Murdock trail for 9 more.  Really nice morning, I love running with a full moon.

5 miles with Nellie on the trail, now off to Kona