Antelope Island

Next Saturday is the 50 mile Buffalo Run on Antelope Island. We went out this morning for a 15 mile warmup. Of course, it was foggy, windy and the sun never came out so it really wasn't very warm. Carl Tippets, Kent Griffith, Stephanie Hoover and her sister Chelsea Spence met me at the gate at 6:30. We drove across the causeway and were running by 7. Started out in the dark, but by the time we got to lonetree (2 1/2 miles), the sun was starting to come up and it was warming up. Here are a couple of pictures I took while we were out there. The first picture is Stephanie and Chelsea as they started up out of the bottom of Split Rock Bay and the second is a a picture of the shoreline and lake looking north from the ridge above Split Rock Bay. The island really is a neat place, especially for runners this time of year. Beside antelope and buffalo, you'll also see deer, bighorn sheep, coyotes and other animals. It's also a world famous birdwatching location. Surprisingly, 80% of the people who live in sight of the island have never stepped foot on it. Their loss.

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Thermal Man

Here's an interesting video of a guy with the ability to manage his internal body temperature. Not sure how important a gift it is, but it's always interesting to see anyone who's developed into an exception to the norm. Perhaps, it just emphasis what I tell new ultrarunners. Ultras are all about mental, not physical.

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