LAS VEGAS — A runner, a young male who appeared to be in his mid-to-late 20s, moved at a swift pace down Las Vegas Boulevard early on a crisp, spring afternoon. He slowed ever so briefly as he approached an intersection at Flamingo Road, then regained his pace and continued his run.
This wouldn't be so unusual, except that the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo is usually one of the busiest in town, and the runner was on the road in the traffic lanes, not on the sidewalk.
He loped briskly, largely by himself, at a time when usually there would be hundreds of cars zooming through that intersection and thousands of people crowding the sidewalks.