This past week I was fortunate enough to stay at the Ritz Carlton on Amelia Island, FL for a business trip. This sounds great and it was great for the company but this was a true business trip, which meant no time for leisure activities and any free time was at a premium.

Lucky for me the Ritz has an excellent wake up call service that acts like a snooze bar, so I was able to sleep in to the late hour of 6:05am before I went out for a run. I had my maps all set and was ready to go, but I forgot about the late sunrise and the fact that I was not in NYC anymore. There are no streetlights on Amelia Island and running in the pitch black through Gator territory was not something I was jumping to do. I am getting quick but those Gators are crafty and can move on those little legs. I had to settle for 4 miles on the treadmill that day.

The next day I squeezed out a 7.1 mile run during the late afternoon, which was through a driving rain, and was nice but tough. I am ready for training to end and I can default to the hotel bar on rainy days.