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Buffalo 25k Course Again

Buffalo 25k Course Again

My wife’s brother’s wife, Rachael, has been getting into trail running and asked if I would take her out on some trails while she is up visiting Utah this week. As you can imagine, she didn’t have to twist my arm. I decided on Antelope Island and she was excited to try out the Buffalo 25k course – which would be a distance and elevation gain PR for her. She crushed it.

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Rachael on the way up the first climb.
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Morning moon and Rachael at the top of the first climb.

 

We hit the trail around 7 and it was just beautiful. We took our time and had a lot of fun. Plus, we saw a ton of other runners out. The parking lot at White Rock Bay had 50+ cars when we got back.

For me, I did it a tiny bit slower than last time, but got a bunch of PRs on the south loop. Probably aided by the 7 minute mile I ran heading down the trail to Split Rock Bay. Zoom! 2nd best 1/2 marathon and 2nd best 20k times too. Pleased as punch.

 

Also – no stress fracture pain and no IT band pain! Woot woot!

 

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Requisite #trailfie at the end. By 9:00 it was warming up and felt great to run in short sleeves for the last 6-7 miles.

 

Buffalo 25k Course Preview

Buffalo 25k Course Preview

Buffalo 25k Course - Antelope Island (1)
Morning Bison

 

After a failed attempt a couple weeks ago to run the Buffalo 25k course out on Antelope Island, I tackled it again. This time with a couple friends, Glen and Spencer. I was again struck by how gorgeous Antelope Island is. It is stark. The vistas are enormous. Expansive. I don’t run many places where you can see the next 8 miles of trail all laid out ahead of you. Coming down on the bone road either going to or from Elephant Head, you can see a LOT of trail ahead. It is a deceptively big place. The run was grand, except for the 2nd 8 miles when my IT band on the right knee flared something fierce again. The beauty of the place, and the glory of being (somewhat) out of the inversion smog made it all worth it though.

I clocked a 1/2 marathon and 20k PR as well.

Buffalo 25k Course - Antelope Island (3)
Glowing Sunrise, Sideways Light

 

Buffalo 25k Course - Antelope Island (5)
Split Rock Bay (looking north) and Elephant Head in Black/White