Jun and I hit up a morning run at Antelope Island, trying to get a good run in before the impending storm got here. We met at my place, then drove out to the island. I always forget how far out there it actually is, it just seems so close- as does everything else on the island it seems. We came across a few buffalo as we drove, and could usually see some during the entire run. Saw a couple of small herds of deer as well. The run was quite windy, with some gradual climbing for the first couple of miles. As we descended back down into the valley around mile 3, my ITB in my left knee started hurting pretty badly, but typically that's a good reminder that I'm not doing something right. Softened up the knees, made sure my hips were swinging back (etc) and the pain pretty much went away. Had a sturdy little climb up where we came around a corner just in time to see some buffalo butts with their tails up as they ran away (Craig would come back for more). We went most of the way out to Elephant Head, but Jun has a wife and kids he had to get back to or something (oh wait, so do I...) so we turned back at about mile 6. As we met back up with the main trail, our 3 buffalo friends were back, so Jun ran down the trail towards them a ways until they ran off. As weird as those animals look, there is certainly a powerful, majestic beauty to the way they run. Near the end we ran across another big guy who did not want to move off the trail until Jun was pretty close (I was a little surprised he didn't stop, but not really), and when he did move he just moved a little off the trail then turned around and stared at us. Jun blazed down the last section and finished off a minute or two ahead of me. Overall a great run. 12.5 miles, 2 hours, 9:36 pace, 1400 feet of gain See Juns post for some pics :)
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