Interstate Run Song

Today's Run: 4.02 miles, 33:50, 8:25/mile

Tuesday's Run: 5.01 miles, 46:24, 9:14/mile

Greetings from Lake Tahoe, NV/CA. We flew in yesterday and spent today driving around the lake and seeing some amazing sites. There is so much to do around here that it gets hard to decide where to start.

We had a long day of traveling yesterday - 9:05 am (Eastern) flight out of Philly, landed in Reno at 2:30 pm (Pacific) and had to drive about an hour to Lake Tahoe. At around 5:30 pm (had to get food and got stuck in a little traffic), we pulled into The Lodge at Kingsbury Crossing and settled in for the trip. The room we were given seems to be the best one they have. Somehow we got lucky enough to get a balcony with a view (slightly obstructed) of the Lake and mountains.

Today, we got up and decided to drive around to the South Shore of the lake and ended up going the wrong way. This ended up working out great!! We followed a winding, mountain road for about an hour and saw some amazing sites. The scale of the mountains and valleys is hard to describe. There are areas that you can look down and see neighborhoods that look like SimCity towns. Once we turned around, we headed back towards the lake area and got to drive on more mountain roads that give you a view of the bluest water outside of the Caribbean (right). There are miles and miles of trails around the lake and many of them are in the Emerald Bay area. Tomorrow, we are going to rent some kayaks and head out on the water for the day. There is only one island in the entire lake, Fannette Island, and it is only accessible by boat. On the top is a 16x16 stone Tea House that was built in the 1930s. All you have to do is get out there and explore. We can't wait!!

To finish off today, I decided to go for a run and not jack up my training schedule too much while on vacation. For those who do not know, the average elevation of the city of South Lake Tahoe, CA is about 6,237 feet above sea level - 1,000 feet higher than Denver. Needless to say, running at a high elevation is not fun. The other not fun part is running downhill for a mile and not realizing it until the mile comes back about 15 minutes later. Anyways, it was a lot of fun to run in 75 degree weather with no humidity. Another part of this run that was awesome was that it took place in two states!! We are technically staying in Stateline, NV and are only 1 mile from the border. I started my run in Nevada, ran the middle half in California, and finished up in Nevada. I've never got to do something like that so it was pretty cool. Finally, at the end of it all, I found out I ran my fastest mile!

After our festivities tomorrow, I hope to put up a boatload (hehe) of pictures and hopefully they will be able to show how great this area looks!